6th Regiment, Georgia Infantry (Confederate)

United States  U.S. Military   Georgia    Georgia Military   Georgia in the Civil War 6th Regiment, Georgia Infantry (Confederate)

Brief History
Organized at Macon, Georiga, in April, 1861, and soon moved ot Virginia. Its companies were recruited in the counties of Bibb, Crawford, Butts, Baker, Twiggs, Gilmer, Taylor, and Mitchell. Surrendered with the Army of Tennessee.

For more information on the history of the 6th Georgia Volunteer Infantry, see the following:

The Wikipedia article, 6th Georgia Volunteer Infantry, (accessed 12 October 2011)

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 2,144 men on its roster for this unit. Roster.


 * Officers, Non-Commissioned Offices, and Staff - see - Roster on page 749
 * Company A - ("Sydney Brown Infantry") Hancock County - see - Roster on page 751;  USGenWeb
 * Company B - ("Lookout Dragoons") Dade County - see - Roster on page 759; USGenWeb
 * Company C - ("Beauregard Rifles") Houston County - see - Roster on page 766; USGenWeb
 * Company D - ("Butts County Volunteers") Butts County - see - Roster on page 776; USGenWeb
 * Company E - ("Crawford County Greys") Crawford County - see - Roster on page 785 ( History on page 793); USGenWeb
 * Company F - ("Camilla Guards") Mitchell County - see Roster on page 794; USGenWeb
 * Company G - ("Butler Van Guards") Taylor County - see Roster on page 800; USGenWeb
 * Company H - ("Baker County Fire Eaters") Baker County - see Roster on page 807; USGenWeb
 * Company I - ("Twiggs County Guards") Twiggs County - see Roster on page 817
 * Company K - ("Gilmer Blues") Oglethorpe County - see Roster on page 825; 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  also USGenWeb

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.


 * Croom, Wendell D. The war-history of Company "C", (Beauregard volunteers) Sixth Georgia regiment (infantry). (Atlanta [Georgia] : Georgia Department of Archives and History, 1964), and Bethesda, Maryland : University Publications of America, c1990),


 * Hughes, Nathaniel Cheairs, Jr. The Civil War comes to Dade County. ([S.l.] : N. C. Hughes, c1975),