41st Regiment, Georgia Infantry (Confederate)

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Brief History
This regiment was organized March and April of 1862 and entered training at Camp McDonald at Big Shanty Georgia. Many of its members were recruited in Cobb, Troup, Taylor, and Heard 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 2,090 men on its roster for this unit. Roster.


 * Officers, Non-Commissioned Offices, and Staff - see - Roster on page 425
 * Company A - Coweta County - see - Roster on page 426
 * Company B - ("Kennesaw Infantry")  Cobb County - see - Rosteron page 434
 * Company C - (Acworth Invincibles") Bartow, Cherokee, Cobb, and Paulding Counties - see - Roster on page 442
 * Company D - ("Pinson Guards") Coweta County - see - Roster  on page 449
 * Company E - ("Troup Light Guards") Troup County - see - Roster on page 456
 * Company F - ("Howard Infantry") Meriwether County - see - Roster on page 467
 * Company G - Carroll County - see - Roster on page 475
 * Company H - ("Wool Hat Boys") Carroll County - see - Roster on page 482
 * Company I - ("Heard County Rangers") Heard County - see - Roster on page 489
 * Company K - ("Campbell Salt Springs Guards") Campbell County - see - Roster on page 499

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
[http://www.generalbartonandstovall.com

The 41st Regiment was one of the five regiments that formed the Georgia Brigade commanded by General Seth Barton and General Marcellus A. Stovall, CSA


 * 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. additional information.


 * Bogle, Joseph. Historical sketches of Barton's (later Stovall's) Georgia Brigade, Army of the Tennessee, C.S.A : with complete roster of the 40th, 41st, 42nd, 43rd and 52nd regiments. (Dayton, Ohio : Morningside House, c1984),