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Georgia 21st Infantry Regiment

    HISTORICAL NOTES:

      The 21st was one of the first regiments formed in 1861. It lost 76% of the 242 engaged at Second Manassas and about 10% of the 287 at Gettysburg. Only 7 officers and 50 men surrendered in April, 1865.

    FIELD OFFICERS:

    BATTLES:

      Near Seven Pines (skirmish) - June 15, 1862
      Seven Days Battles - June 25 - July 1, 1862
      Beaver Dam Creek - June 26, 1862
      Gaines' Mill - June 27, 1862
      Malvern Hill - July 1, 1862
      South Mountain - September 14, 1862
      Antietan - September 17, 1862
      Fredericksburg - December 13, 1862
      Chancellorsville - May 11-14, 1863
      Gettysburg - July 1-3, 1863
      Bristoe Campaign - October 1863
      Mine Run Campaign - November - December 1863
      The Wilderness - May 5-6 1864
      Spotsylvania Court House - May 8-21, 1864
      North Anna - May 23-26, 1864
      Cold Harbor - June 1-3, 1864
      Lynchburg Campaign - May - June 1864
      Monocacy - July 9, 1864
      3rd Winchester - September 19, 1864
      Fisher's Hill - September 22, 1864
      Cedar Creek - October 19, 1864
      Petersburg Siege - May - June 1864 - April 1865
      Fort Stedman - March 25, 1865
      Appomattox Court House - April 9, 1865

    ROSTERS:

    BIBLIOGRAPHY:

    This information is excerpted from The History of the Doles-Cook Brigade, the Regimental History of the 21st of Georgia. The book was originally written and published in 1903 by Henry W. Thomas, historian for the brigade.

    Reprint with additional notes and index. 1999. Eastern Digital Resources

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