1st Consolidated Regiment, Georgia Infantry (Confederate)

Brief History
The 1st (Consolidated) Regiment Georgia Regular Infantry "was formed by the consolidation of the 1st Regiment Georgia Regular Infantry, the 47th Regiment Georgia Volunteer Infantry, and the 28th Battalion Georgia Siege Artillery about April 1865. The exact organization of this unit can not be determined from existing records."

"Units of the Confederate States Army" by Joseph H. Crute, Jr. contains no history for this unit.

Companies in this Regiment with the Counties of Origin
Men often enlisted in a company recruited in the counties where they lived though not always. After many battles, companies might be combined because so many men were killed or wounded. However if you are unsure which company your ancestor was in, try the company recruited in his county first.

The Civil War Soldiers and Sailors database lists 41 men on its roster for this unit. Possibly this unit did not complete its organization, and the men went to other units. Roster.

Company F - Seaborn R. Lawrence

Company G - M. M. Potter

Company H - Daniel L. Kennedy

Roster Georgia Infantry CSA Index (accessed 2 March 2013)

Other Sources

 * Beginning United States Civil War Research gives steps for finding information about a Civil War soldier. It covers the major records that should be used. Additional records are described in ‘Georgia in the Civil War’ and ‘United States Civil War, 1861 to 1865’ (see below).


 * National Park Service, The Civil War Soldiers and Sailors System, is searchable by soldier's name and state. It contains basic facts about soldiers on both sides of the Civil War, a list of regiments, descriptions of significant battles, sources of the information, and suggestions for where to find additional information.


 * Georgia in the Civil War describes many Confederate and Union sources, specifically for Georgia, and how to find them.. These include compiled service records, pension records, rosters, cemetery records, Internet databases, published books, etc.


 * United States Civil War, 1861 to 1865 describes and explains United States and Confederate States records, rather than state records, and how to find them. These include veterans’ censuses, compiled service records, pension records, rosters, cemetery records, Internet databases, published books, etc.