64th Regiment, Georgia Infantry (Confederate)

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Brief History
This regiment was organized during the spring of 1863 and soon moved to Florida. Some of its members were recruited in Johnson and Warren counties. National Park Service,

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 1,555 men on its roster for this unit. Roster.


 * Officers, Non-Commissioned Offices, and Staff - see - Roster - on Volume 6 page 488-489; USGenWeb
 * Company A - Fulton County - see - Roster - on Volume 6 page 489-500
 * Company B - Bibb County - see - Roster- on Volume 6 page 500-507; USGenWeb
 * Company C - Fulton County - see - Roster - on Volume 6 page 507-513
 * Company D - ("Vason Guards") Dougherty County - see - Roster - on Volume 6 page 513-521; USGenWeb
 * Company E - ("Warren Akin Guards") Fulton and Meriwether Counties - see - Roster - on Volume 6 page 522-530
 * Company F - Muscogee County - see - Roster - on Volume 6 page 530-537;  USGenWeb
 * Company G - Bibb and Rerrell Counties - see - Roster - on Volume 6 page 537-545;  USGenWeb
 * Company H - Bibb, Lee, Randolph, Sumter and Terrell Counties - see - Roster - on Volume 6 page 546-551;  USGenWeb;  USGenWeb
 * Company I - Muscogee County - see - Roster - on Volume 6 page 551-560; USGenWeb
 * Company K - Fulton and Walton Counties- see - Roster - on Volume 6 page 560-568;  USGenWeb
 * Miscellaneous men, company not identified - see - Roster - on Volume 6 page 568-570

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.