Roster Of The Confederate Soldiers Of Georgia 1861 1865

About the Roster of the Confederate Soldiers of Georgia A project was begun in the early 1900's by Mrs. Lillian Henderson to compile Civil War Rosters on the units formed in Georgia. In all 6 volumes were produced, the latest ca. 1950. These volumes covered the Infantry regiments numbered 1-66. This set has been out of print for several years. SAMPLE OF THE KINDS OF INFORMATION FOUND IN THE ROSTERS: Purvis, Daniel- private March 4, 1862. Wounded in leg at 2d Manassas, Va. August 28, 1862. Pension records show he left command at Petersburg, Va. on 30 days' furlough February 1865. Could not reach command before close of war. (Born in Ga. January 27, 1841. Died in Irwin County, Ga. in 1920.) Our NEW roster includes much information not found in the originals: More than 3 times the volumes of the original - each with approximately 500 pages containing the records of 5,000 men. Index to the names not included in the original A brief history of each unit Unit Assignments List of Battles Bibliography of Sources for additional research Additional genealogical and biographical information of many of the soldiers including photographs Records of the Cavalry, Artillery, and State Troops not included in Henderson's Roster

The first volume of this set contains an excellent "Introduction" and a "Suggestions on Identifying Confederate Soldiers and Finding their Traces" by Robert K. Kirk.

At the beginning of the Civil War, Georgia ranked third among the Confederate states in manpower resources, behind only Virginia and Tennessee. With an arms-bearing population somewhere between 120,000 and 130,000 white males between the ages of 16 and 60, this resource became an object of a great struggle between Joseph Brown, governor of Georgia, and Jefferson Davis, president of the Confederacy. Brown advocated a strong state defense, but as the war dragged on Davis applied more pressure for more soldiers from Georgia. In December 1863, the state's general assembly reorganized the state militia and it became known as Joe Brown's Pets. Civil War historians William Scaife and William Bragg have written not only the first history of the Georgia Militia during the Civil War, but have produced the definitive history of this militia. Using original documents found in the Georgia Department of Archives and History that are too delicate for general public access, Scaife and Bragg were granted special permission to research the material under the guidance of an archivist and conducted under tightly controlled conditions of security and preservation control.

The first volume of this set contains an excellent "Introduction" and a "Suggestions on Identifying Confederate Soldiers and Finding their Traces" by Robert K. Kirk.