49th Regiment, Georgia Infantry (Confederate)

Brief History
Organized in November, 1861, with men from Wilkinson, Talfair, Washington, Irwin, Laurens, Pierce, and Pulaski counties.

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 1,770 men on its roster for this unit. Roster.


 * Officers, Non-Commissioned Offices, and Staff - see - Roster on page 197-198
 * Company A - ("Wilkinson Invincibles") Wilkinson County - see - Roster on page 198-210;  USGenWeb
 * Company B - ("Telfair Volunteers") Telfair County - see - Rosteron page 210-218
 * Company C - ("Washington Guards")Washington County - see - Roster on page 219-227;  USGenWeb
 * Company D - ("Taliaferro Volunteers ") Taliaferro County - see - Roster - on page 227-235;  USGenWeb
 * Company E - ("State Rights Guards") Wilcox County - see - Roster - on page 235-244;  USGenWeb;  USGenWeb
 * Company F - ("Irwin Volunteers") Irwin County - see - Roster - on page 244-253;
 * Company G - ("Laurens Volunteers") Laurens County - see - Roster - on page 253-262;  USGenWeb
 * Company H - ("Cold Steel Guards") Washington County - see - Roster - on page 263-270;  USGenWeb
 * Company I - ("Pierce Guards") Hancock  County - see - Roster - on page 270-278;  USGenWeb
 * Company K - ("Pulaski Greys") Pulaski County - see - Roster - on page 279-288; USGenWeb

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

 * Georgia USGenWeb Archives Project - Civil War Records - Individual Soldiers








 * 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.