51st Regiment, Georgia Infantry (Confederate)

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Brief History
This regiment was organized in February, 1862, with men from Early, Mitchell, Miller, Terrell, Washington, Randolph, Clay, Daughterty, and Lee counties.

For more information on the history of the 51st Regiment, Georgia Infantry, see the following:

The Wikipedia article, 51st 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 1,832 men on its roster for this unit. Roster.


 * Officers, Non-Commissioned Offices, and Staff - see - Roster - on page 289-290
 * Company A - ("Satilla Rangers") Pierce County - see - Roster - on page 290-297
 * Company B - ("Ware Volunteers") Ware County - see - Roster- on page 297-303
 * Company C - ("Coffee County Guards") Coffee County - see - Roster - on page 303-312
 * Company D - ("Valdosta Guards ") Lowdnes County - see - Roster - on page 313-321
 * Company E - ("Thomas County Rangers") Thomas County - see - Roster - on page 321-332
 * Company F - ("Decatur Infantry") Decatur County - see - Roster - on page 332-339
 * Company G - ("Clinch Volunteers") Clinch and Echols Counties - see - Roster - on page 339-347
 * Company H - ("Colquitt Marksman") Colquitt County - see - Roster - on page 347-354
 * Company I - ("Berrien Light Infantry") Berrien County - see - Roster - on page 355-363
 * Company K - ("Brooks County Sons") Brooks County - see - Roster - on page 363-370

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. al information.