46th Regiment, Georgia Infantry (Confederate)

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Brief History
This regiment was formed during the spring of 1862 with men from Upson, Schley, Harris, Muscogee, Chattahoochee, Webster, Marion, and Talbot 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 2,254 men on its roster for this unit. Roster.


 * Officers, Non-Commissioned Offices, and Staff - see - Roster on page 839
 * Company A - ("Gresham Rifles") Bibb County - see - Roster on page 840
 * Company B - ("Rutland Volunteers") Monroe County - see - Rosteron page 847
 * Company C - ("Dooly Volunteers") Dooly County - see - Roster on page 857 (History on page 863)
 * Company D - ("McCowan Guards ") Monroe County - see - Roster  on page 864
 * Company E - ("Taylor Volunteers") Taylor County - see - Roster on page 873 (History on page 880)
 * Company F - (" Gray Volunteers") Gray County - see - Roster on page 881
 * Company G - ("Myrick Volunteers") Baldwin County - see - Roster on page 891
 * Company H - ("Henderson Rangers") Houston County - see - Roster on page 899
 * Company I - ("Byars Volunteers") Butts  County - see - Roster on page 907
 * Company K - ("Ray Guards") Crawford County - see - Roster on page 915

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

 * 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. tional information.