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Muster In: Organized on March 22, 18621
Muster Out: April 9, 18652
Commander(s):
Colonel William Gibson
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Lieutenant Colonel Matthew R. Hall
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First Offensive Order of Battle: Wright’s Brigade | Anderson’s Division | Third Corps | Army of Northern Virginia | Confederate Army3
- Note: One company of the 48th Georgia served in the Army of Northern Virginia’s Provost Guard during the Siege of Petersburg.
- Commander: Colonel William Gibson4
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Second Offensive Order of Battle: Wright’s Brigade | Anderson’s Division | Third Corps | Army of Northern Virginia | Confederate Army5
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Sixth Offensive Order of Battle:
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Seventh Offensive Order of Battle:
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Eighth Offensive Order of Battle:
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Sifakis’ Compendium Info:
Petersburg Campaign Battles:8
- Petersburg Siege (June 1864-April 1865)
- Weldon Railroad (June 22, 1864)
- Hatcher’s Run (February 5-7, 1865)
- Appomattox Court House (April 9, 1865)
Bibliography:
- 48th GA: Company K, Hamilton Rangers, Forty-eighth Georgia Infantry Regiment
- 48th GA: For Home and the Southland: A History of the 48th Georgia Infantry Regiment
Siege of Petersburg Documents Which Mention This Unit:
- 48th GA: Company K, Hamilton Rangers, Forty-eighth Georgia Infantry Regiment
- 48th GA: For Home and the Southland: A History of the 48th Georgia Infantry Regiment
- NP: July 20, 1864 Augusta (GA) Daily Constitutionalist: Letter from the 48th Georgia
Sources:
- Compendium of the Confederate Armies: South Carolina and Georgia by Stewart Sifakis, pages 261-262 ↩
- Compendium of the Confederate Armies: South Carolina and Georgia by Stewart Sifakis, pages 261-262 ↩
- The Confederate Order of Battle, Volume 1: The Army of Northern Virginia by F. Ray Sibley, Jr., page 112 ↩
- The Confederate Order of Battle, Volume 1: The Army of Northern Virginia by F. Ray Sibley, Jr., page 112 ↩
- The Confederate Order of Battle, Volume 1: The Army of Northern Virginia by F. Ray Sibley, Jr., page 112 ↩
- The Confederate Order of Battle, Volume 1: The Army of Northern Virginia by F. Ray Sibley, Jr., page 112: As Lt. Col. Hall was in command on June 22m 1864 already, Gibson must have been unable to perform the duties of command even before June 23, 1864. ↩
- “Letter from the 48th Georgia.” Augusta (GA) Daily Constitutionalist. July 20, 1864, p. ? col. ?: “Lieut. Col. Hall, commanding regiment, and the now lamented Capt. L. G. Doughty, (who was killed the next day) acting Major in this charge, displayed great gallantry and coolness during the charge.” The author of this published letter is referring to the Battle of Jerusalem Plank Road, specifically the capture and rout of the Union Second Corps by Mahone’s Confederate division on June 22, 1864. ↩
- Compendium of the Confederate Armies: South Carolina and Georgia by Stewart Sifakis, pages 261-262 ↩
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