66th Regiment, Georgia Infantry (Confederate)

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Brief History
Also called 65th Regiment] was organized at Atlanta, Georgia, during the summer of 1863.

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 1,315 men on its roster for this unit. Roster.


 * Officers, Non-Commissioned Offices, and Staff - see - Roster - on Volume 6 page 693-694
 * Company A - Bibb and other counties - see - Roster - on Volume 6 page 695-702;  USGenWeb
 * Company B - DeKalb and other counties - see - Roster- on Volume 6 page 702-708;  USGenWeb
 * Company C - Newton and other counties - see - Roster - on Volume 6 page 709-716; USGenWeb
 * Company D - ("Mangham Infantry") Bibb and Jones Counties - see - Roster - on Volume 6 page 717-723; USGenWeb
 * Company E - DeKalb and other counties - see - Roster - on Volume 6 page 723-731;  USGenWeb
 * Company F - Putnam and other counties - see - Roster - on Volume 6 page 731-738;  USGenWeb
 * Company G - Greene, Morgan, and other counties - see - Roster - on Volume 6 page 738-745;  USGenWeb
 * Company H - DeKalb and other Counties - see - Roster - on Volume 6 page 745-753;  USGenWeb
 * Company I - Clarks, Madison, and other counties - see - Roster - on Volume 6 page 753-761; USGenWeb
 * Company K - Miscelaneous counties- see - Roster - on Volume 6 page 761-769
 * Miscellaneous men, company not identified - see - Roster - on Volume 6 page 769-771

Georgia, and Lillian Henderson. 1959. Roster of the Confederate soldiers of Georgia, 1861-1865. Hapeville, Ga: Longina &amp; Porter. WorldCat   HATHI TRUST Digital Library  HATHI TRUST; also on USGenWeb

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.
 * 66th Georgia Infantry History