Category: 11th Regiment, Georgia Infantry, United States Civil War
Categories: Battle of Gettysburg | Georgia, United States Civil War | Confederate Army Regiments, United States Civil War
11th Regiment, Georgia Infantry organized in the spring of 1861, contained men from Hall, Lee, Fannin, Houston, Gilmer, Murray, Walton, and Quitman counties. Sent to Virginia, the unit first served in the Potomac District, then was assigned to General G T Anderson's Brigade, Army of Northern Virginia. It fought in the various campaigns of the army from Seven Days' Battles to Cold Harbor, except when it was with Longstreet at Suffolk, in Georgia, and at Knoxville. The unit did not participate in the Battle of Chickamauga. After taking part in the Petersburg siege south and north of the James River, it was active in the conflicts around Appomattox. It contained 573 effectives in April, 1862, had 140 at Sharpsburg, and lost sixty-five percent of the 310 engaged at Gettysburg. From April 14 to May 6, the regiment sustained 110 casualties, and from August 1 to December 31, 1864, there were 51 disabled. It surrendered with 16 officers and 176 men.
- Officers: Colonels George T Anderson and Francis H Little; Lieutenant Colonels Theodore L Guerry and William Luffman; and Majors Charles T Goode, Henry D McDaniel, and Western R Welsh.
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