44th Georgia Infantry Regiment

44th Georgia Infantry Regiment
44th Georgia Infantry Regiment
	Unofficial Georgia flag prior to 1879
Active	March, 1862 – April, 1865
Country	Confederate States of America
Allegiance	Confederate States Army
Branch	Infantry
Type	Regiment
Engagements	American Civil War Battle of Beaver Dam Creek; Battle of Second Bull Run; Antietam/Sharpsburg; Fredericksburg; Chancellorsville; Gettysburg; The Wilderness; Battle of Spotsylvania Court House; Battle of Cold Harbor; Battle of Cedar Creek; Siege of Petersburg; Battle of Fort Steadman; Appomattox Campaign;

The 44th Georgia Infantry Regiment was an infantry regiment in the Confederate States Army during the American Civil War.

Col. John B. Estes

History

The 44th Georgia Volunteer Infantry Regiment was entered into service in the Confederate States Army on March 11, 1862, at Camp Stephens near Griffin, Georgia. The regiment consisted of the following 10 companies:

Company A- Weems' Guards, Henry County, Georgia
Company B- Jasper Volunteers, Jasper County, Georgia
Company C- Johnson Guards, Clarke County, Georgia
Company D- Estes Guards, Clayton County, Georgia
Company E- Freeman Volunteers, Spalding County, Georgia
Company F- Putnam Volunteers, Putnam County, Georgia
Company G- Huie Guards, Fayette County, Georgia
Company H- The Pike County Volunteers, Pike County, Georgia
Company I- Morgan and Henry Volunteers, Henry County and Morgan County, Georgia
Company K- The Greene County Volunteers, Greene County, Georgia

Assignments

Walkers Brigade, Department of North Carolina (April - June 1862)
Ripley's Brigade, D. H. Hill's Division, Army of Northern Virginia (June - September 1862)
Ripley's-Doles'-Cook's Brigade, D. H. Hill's_Rodes' Division, 2nd Corps, Army of Northern Virginia (September 1862 - June 1864)
Cook's Brigade, Rodes'-Grimes' Division, Valley District, Department of Northern Virginia (June - December 1864)
Cook's Brigade, Grimes' Division, 2nd Corps, Army of Northern Virginia (December 1864 - April 1865)

Commanding officers

Col. Robert A. Smith
Col. John B. Estes
Col. Samuel P. Lumpkin
Col. William H. Peebles
Cpt. Thomas R. Daniel
Cpt. John Tucker (detached from the 21st Georgia Infantry Regiment)

References

Bibliography

Crute Jr., Joseph H., Units of the Confederate States Army, Derwent Books, 1987.
Thomas, Henry, History of Doles-Cook Brigade, 1903, Reprinted by Morningside Books, 1988.

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