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Muster In: June 18611
Muster Out: April 9, 18652
Commander(s):
Colonel John R. Towers
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First Offensive Order of Battle: Anderson’s Brigade | Field’s Division | First Corps | Army of Northern Virginia | Confederate Army3
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- Commander: Colonel John R. Towers (wounded on June 30, 1864)6
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Dyer’s/Sifakis’ Compendium Info:
Siege of Petersburg Battles7:
- Petersburg Siege (June 1864-April 1865)
- Reams’ Station (August 25, 1864)
- Fort Harrison (September 29-30, 1864)
- Williamsburg Road (October 27, 1864)
- Appomattox Court House (April 9, 1865)
Bibliography:
- 8th GA: A Confederate Chronicle: The Life of a Civil War Survivor
- 8th GA: A Scythe of Fire: A Civil War Story of the Eighth Georgia Infantry Regiment
- 8th GA: Charlotte’s Boys: Civil War Letters of the Branch Family of Savannah
- 8th GA: My Dear Wife, from Your Devoted Husband; Letters from a Rebel Soldier to His Wife
- 8th GA: War Stories and School-day Incidents for the Children
Siege of Petersburg Documents Which Mention This Unit:
- 8th GA: A Confederate Chronicle: The Life of a Civil War Survivor
- 8th GA: A Scythe of Fire: A Civil War Story of the Eighth Georgia Infantry Regiment
- 8th GA: Charlotte’s Boys: Civil War Letters of the Branch Family of Savannah
- 8th GA: My Dear Wife, from Your Devoted Husband; Letters from a Rebel Soldier to His Wife
- 8th GA: War Stories and School-day Incidents for the Children
Sources:
- Compendium of the Confederate Armies: South Carolina and Georgia by Stewart Sifakis, pages 199-201 ↩
- Compendium of the Confederate Armies: South Carolina and Georgia by Stewart Sifakis, pages 199-201 ↩
- The Confederate Order of Battle, Volume 1: The Army of Northern Virginia by F. Ray Sibley, Jr., page 110 ↩
- Compiled Service Records of Confederate Soldiers Who Served in Organizations from the State of Georgia, National Archives, Roll 232 (John R. Towers, 8th Georgia, Footnote.com Page 27): Inspection Report of Anderson’s Brigade, September 18, 1864 ↩
- The Confederate Order of Battle, Volume 1: The Army of Northern Virginia by F. Ray Sibley, Jr., page 110 ↩
- Compiled Service Records of Confederate Soldiers Who Served in Organizations from the State of Georgia, National Archives, Roll 232 (John R. Towers, 8th Georgia, Footnote.com Page 27): Inspection Report of Anderson’s Brigade, September 18, 1864 ↩
- Compendium of the Confederate Armies: South Carolina and Georgia by Stewart Sifakis, pages 199-201 ↩
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