15th Regiment, Georgia Infantry (Confederate)

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Brief History
Organized in the spring of 1861 at Athens, Georgia, contained men from Hancock, Stephens, Elbert, Lamar, Warren, Wilkes, Taliaferro, and Oglethorpe 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 1,904 men on its roster for this unit. Roster.


 * Officers, Non-Commissioned Offices, and Staff - see - Roster on page 339
 * Company A - ("Confederate Volunteers") Monroe County - see - Roster on page 341
 * Company B - ('Ramah Guards") Wilkinson County - see - Roster on page 348
 * Company C - ("Jasper Light Infantry") Jasper County - see - Roster on page 355
 * Company D - ("Cherokee Brown Rangers") Cherokee County - see - Roster on page 360
 * Company E - ("Lester Volunteers") Forsyth County - see - Roster on page 366
 * Company F - ("Johnson Greys") Johnson County - see - Roster on page 373
 * Company G - ("Yancey Independents") Worth County - see Roster on page 380
 * Company H - ("Blackshear Guards") Laurens County - see Roster on page 388
 * Company I - ("Jeff Davis Riflemen") Butts County - see Roster on page 396
 * Company K - ("Etowah Guards") Bartow County - see Roster on page 402

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.