47th Regiment, Georgia Infantry (Confederate)

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Brief History
This regiment was organized during the winter of 1861-1862 with men raised in the counties of Mitchell, Randolph, Bullock, Chatham, Screven, Tattnell, Appling, Bryan, Liberty, and Dodge. National Park Service.

For more information on the 47th Regiment, Georgia Infantry, see the following:

The Wikipedia Article, 47th Georgia Volunteer Infantry, (accessed 1 November 2011).

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 2,021 men on its roster for this unit. Roster.


 * Officers, Non-Commissioned Offices, and Staff - see - Roster on page 924
 * Company A - ("Upson Sentinels") Upson County - see - Roster on page 926
 * Company B - ("Schley Rifles") Schley County - see - Rosteron page 938
 * Company C - ("Muscogee Volunteers") Muscogee County - see - Roster on page 947 (History on page 958)
 * Company D - ("Chattahoochee Sentinels ") Chattahoochee County - see - Roster  on page 959
 * Company E - ("Harris Blues") Harris County - see - Roster on page 968 (History on page 978)
 * Company F - ("Webster County Invincibles") Webster County - see - Roster on page 979
 * Company G - ("The Wards") Stewart County - see - Roster on page 987
 * Company H - ("Henderson Rangers") Houston County - see - Roster on page 899
 * Company I - ("Byars Volunteers") Butts  County - see - Roster on page 907
 * Company K - ("Ray Guards") Crawford County - see - Roster on page 915

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

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. nformation.