Organization:
Organized with four companies on June 20, 1862. Field consolidated with the 25th Infantry Regiment from December 1863-January 1864 and from March-April 1865. Consolidated with the 1st Confederate Infantry Regiment and the 25th, 29th, 30th and 66th Georgia Infantry Regiments and designated as the 1st Georgia (Confederate) Infantry Battalion Consolidated at Smithfield, North Carolina on April 9, 1865.
First Commander:
Major Robert H. Anderson
Field Commander:
Major Arthur Shaaff
Assignments:
Military District of Georgia - Department of South Carolina, Georgia and Florida
June 1862-February 1863 Walker's Brigade - Military District of Georgia - Department of South Carolina, Georgia and Florida February-May 1863 Wilson's Brigade - Walker's Division - Department of the West June-July 1863 Wilson's Brigade - Walker's Division - Department of Mississippi and East Louisiana July-August 1863 Wilson's Brigade - Walker's Division - 2nd Corps - Army of the Tennessee August-September 1863 Wilson's Brigade - Walker's Division - Reserve Corps - Army of the Tennessee September 1863 Wilson's Brigade - Walker's Division - 2nd Corps - Army of the Tennessee September 1863 Wilson's Brigade - Walker's Division - Longstreet's Corps - Army of the Tennessee September-November 1863 Wilson's/Stevens' Brigade - Walker's Division - 1st Corps - Army of the Tennessee November 1863-July 1864 Stevens'/H.R. Jackson's Brigade - Bate's's Division - 1st Corps - Army of the Tennessee July-December 1864 H.R. Jackson's Brigade - Clayton's Division - 2nd Corps - Army of the Tennessee March-April 1865
Battles: Fort McAllister February 1, 1863 Vicksburg Campaign May-July 1863 Jackson May 14, 1863 Jackson Siege July 1863 Chickamauga September 19-20, 1863 Chattanooga Siege September-November 1863 Chattanooga November 23-25, 1863 Atlanta Campaign May-September 1864 Peach Tree Creek July 20, 1864 Atlanta July 22, 1864 Ezra Church July 28, 1864 Atlanta Siege July-September 1864 Jonesboro August 31-September 1, 1864 Franklin November 30, 1864 Nashville December 15-16, 1864 Carolinas Campaign February-April 1865 Bentonville March 19-March 21, 1865