2nd Regiment, Georgia Infantry (Confederate)

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Brief History
The 2nd Regiment, Georgia Infantry completed its organization at Brunswick, Georgia, in June, 1861.

Companies in this Regiment with the Counties of Origin
The Civil War Soldiers and Sailors database lists 2,320 men on its roster for this unit. Roster.

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.

Regimental Roster typed information with name, rank and muster.

Original Roster "Detachment of Recruits (Fain's Detachment)

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

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.


 * Cobb, Angela W. Roster of the Confederate Soldiers of Burke County, Georgia 1861-1865. (Baltimore, Maryland : Gateway Press, c1998),


 * Dameron, J. David. Benning's Brigade. (Bowie, Maryland : Heritage Books, c1997, 2004, c2005,


 * Harper, K. Mikell. The Second Georgia Infantry Regiment 1861-1865. (Macon, Georgia : Indigo Custom Pub., c2005).


 * Georgia. Court of Ordinary (Stewart County). Confederate rosters (reconstructed in 1899). (Atlanta [Georgia] : Georgia Department of Archives and History, 1960),