The 10th Georgia Regiment was an infantry

Infantry

Infantrymen are soldiers who are specifically trained for the role of fighting on foot to engage the enemy face to face and have historically borne the brunt of the casualties of combat in wars. As the oldest branch of combat arms, they are the backbone of armies...

 regiment

Regiment

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 that served in the Confederate States Army

Confederate States Army

The Confederate States Army was the army of the Confederate States of America while the Confederacy existed during the American Civil War. On February 8, 1861, delegates from the seven Deep South states which had already declared their secession from the United States of America adopted the...

 during the American Civil War

American Civil War

The American Civil War was a civil war fought in the United States of America. In response to the election of Abraham Lincoln as President of the United States, 11 southern slave states declared their secession from the United States and formed the Confederate States of America ; the other 25...

. It participated in most of the key battles of Robert E. Lee

Robert E. Lee

Robert Edward Lee was a career military officer who is best known for having commanded the Confederate Army of Northern Virginia in the American Civil War....

's Army of Northern Virginia

Army of Northern Virginia

The Army of Northern Virginia was the primary military force of the Confederate States of America in the Eastern Theater of the American Civil War, as well as the primary command structure of the Department of Northern Virginia. It was most often arrayed against the Union Army of the Potomac...

.

The regiment was raised in various counties throughout the state of Georgia

Georgia (U.S. state)

Georgia is a state located in the southeastern United States. It was established in 1732, the last of the original Thirteen Colonies. The state is named after King George II of Great Britain. Georgia was the fourth state to ratify the United States Constitution, on January 2, 1788...

 and was mustered into Confederate service in June 1861 in Richmond, Virginia

Richmond, Virginia

Richmond is the capital of the Commonwealth of Virginia, in the United States. It is an independent city and not part of any county. Richmond is the center of the Richmond Metropolitan Statistical Area and the Greater Richmond area...

. It was initially assigned to Magruder

John B. Magruder

John Bankhead Magruder was a career military officer who served in the armies of three nations. He was a U.S. Army officer in the Mexican-American War, a Confederate general during the American Civil War, and a postbellum general in the Imperial Mexican Army...

's Peninsula Division. It served with the Army of Northern Virginia for the entire war, except during Longstreet's late 1863 expedition to Georgia

Georgia (U.S. state)

Georgia is a state located in the southeastern United States. It was established in 1732, the last of the original Thirteen Colonies. The state is named after King George II of Great Britain. Georgia was the fourth state to ratify the United States Constitution, on January 2, 1788...

 and East Tennessee

East Tennessee

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. The regiment was assigned to the Semmes

Paul Jones Semmes

Paul Jones Semmes was a banker, businessman, and a Confederate general in the American Civil War, mortally wounded at the Battle of Gettysburg.-Early life:...

-Bryan

Goode Bryan

Goode Bryan was a planter, politician, military officer, and American Civil War general in the Confederate States Army. His brigade played a prominent role during the Battle of the Wilderness, fighting stubbornly until exhausting its ammunition.-Early life and career:Bryan was born in Hancock...

-Simms brigade.

Staff

• Colonel
  • Lafayette McLaws
    Lafayette McLaws
    Lafayette McLaws was a United States Army officer and a Confederate general in the American Civil War.-Early life:...
    
     (June 17, 1861 to September 25, 1861; Promoted to Brigadier General)
  • Alfred Cumming
    Alfred Cumming (general)
    Alfred Cumming was a brigadier general for the Confederacy in the American Civil War.-Early life:...
    
     (September 25, 1861 to October 29, 1862; Promoted to Brigadier General)
  • John B. Weems (October 29, 1862 to May 19, 1864; Retired to the Invalid Corps)
  • Willis C. Holt (May 19, 1864 to 1864)
  • Andrew J. McBride (March 2, 1865 to rank from February 20, 1865, to the end of the war)
• Lieutenant Colonel
  • Alfred Cumming (June, 1861 to September 25, 1861)
  • John B. Weems (September 25, 1861 to October 29, 1862)
  • Willis C. Holt (October 29, 1862 to May 19, 1864; Killed in action, Battle of Cedar Creek, Virginia)
  • Charles C. Kibbee (Promoted for valor and skill on March 2, 1865, to date from February 20, 1865 to end of war)
• Major
  • John B. Weems (July 4, 1861 to September 25, 1861)
  • R. R. Hawes (September 25, 1861 to August 4, 1862; Resigned due to disability)
  • Willis C. Holt (August 4, 1862 to October 29, 1862)
  • Philologus H. Loud (October 29, 1862 to February 13, 1865; Retired)

Companies

• Company A - Confederate Sentinels (Muscogee County)
  Muscogee County, Georgia
  Muscogee County is a county located on the central western border of the U.S. state of Georgia. It is part of the Columbus, Georgia-Alabama Metropolitan Statistical Area. As of the 2000 census, the population was 186,291. The 2009 Census Estimate shows a population of 190,414...
  
  
• Company B - Letcher Guards (Richmond County)
  Richmond County, Georgia
  Richmond County is a county located in the U.S. state of Georgia. It is one of the original counties of Georgia, created February 5, 1777. As of 2010, the population was 200,549. The 2007 Census Estimate showed a population of 199,486....
  
  
• Company C - Chattahoochee Beauregards Chattahoochee County)
  Chattahoochee County, Georgia
  Chattahoochee County is a county located in the U.S. state of Georgia. It was created on February 13, 1854. The 2000 Census reported a population of 14,882. The 2009 Census Estimate shows a population of 14,402. It is part of the Columbus, Georgia-Alabama Metropolitan Statistical Area...
  
  
• Company D - Independent Blues (Richmond County)
  Richmond County, Georgia
  Richmond County is a county located in the U.S. state of Georgia. It is one of the original counties of Georgia, created February 5, 1777. As of 2010, the population was 200,549. The 2007 Census Estimate showed a population of 199,486....
  
  
• Company E - Clayton Sharpshooters (Clayton County)
  Clayton County, Georgia
  Clayton County is a county located in the U.S. state of Georgia. As of 2000, the population was 236,517. The 2008 Census estimate placed the population at 273,718. The county seat is Jonesboro...
  
  
• Company F - Thomson Guards (Columbia County)
  Columbia County, Georgia
  Columbia County is a county located in the US state of Georgia along the Savannah River. As of 2010 the population was 124,054 a growth of 39% from the 2000 census figure of 89,288. The de jure county seat is Appling. Appling is an unincorporated area, making Columbia one of only three counties...
  
  
• Company G - (Pulaski County)
  Pulaski County, Georgia
  Pulaski County is a county located in the U.S. state of Georgia. As of 2000, the population was 9,588. The 2010 U.S. Census reports the population at 12,010, with a growth rate of 25.3% from 2000 to 2010, while surpassing Georgia's change of 18.3%., making it one of Georgia's fastest growing...
  
  
• Company H - Wilcox County Rifles (Wilcox County)
• Company I - Fayette Grey Guards (Campbell
  Campbell County, Georgia
  Campbell County, Georgia was a county of the U.S. state of Georgia from 1828 to 1931. It was created by the state legislature on December 20, 1828 from land taken from Fayette, Coweta, and Carroll counties, and from the half of DeKalb County which became Fulton County soon afterward. Georgia's...
  
   and Fayette
  Fayette County, Georgia
  Fayette County is a county located in the U.S. state of Georgia. As of 2000, the population was 91,263. The 2007 Census Estimate shows a population of 106,144. The county seat is Fayetteville....
  
   Counties)
• Company K - Davis Musketeers (Richmond County)
  Richmond County, Georgia
  Richmond County is a county located in the U.S. state of Georgia. It is one of the original counties of Georgia, created February 5, 1777. As of 2010, the population was 200,549. The 2007 Census Estimate showed a population of 199,486....
  
  

Battles

• Back River [five companies] (July 24, 1861)
• Yorktown
  Battle of Yorktown (1862)
  The Battle of Yorktown or Siege of Yorktown was fought from April 5 to May 4, 1862, as part of the Peninsula Campaign of the American Civil War. Marching from Fort Monroe, Union Maj. Gen. George B. McClellan's Army of the Potomac encountered Maj. Gen. John B. Magruder's small Confederate force...
  
   (April 1862)
• Lee's Mill (April 16, 1862)
• Williamsburg
  Battle of Williamsburg
  The Battle of Williamsburg, also known as the Battle of Fort Magruder, took place on May 5, 1862, in York County, James City County, and Williamsburg, Virginia, as part of the Peninsula Campaign of the American Civil War...
  
   [skirmish] (May 4, 1862)
• Ellison's Mill, New Bridge, and Mechanicsville [skirmishes] [Companies C, E, and I] (May 23-24, 1862)
• Seven Days Battles
  Seven Days Battles
  The Seven Days Battles was a series of six major battles over the seven days from June 25 to July 1, 1862, near Richmond, Virginia during the American Civil War. Confederate General Robert E. Lee drove the invading Union Army of the Potomac, commanded by Maj. Gen. George B. McClellan, away from...
  
   (June 25-July 1, 1862)
• Savage's Station
  Battle of Savage's Station
  The Battle of Savage's Station took place on June 29, 1862, in Henrico County, Virginia, as fourth of the Seven Days Battles of the American Civil War. The main body of the Union Army of the Potomac began a general withdrawal toward the James River. Confederate Brig. Gen. John B. Magruder pursued...
  
   (June 29, 1862)
• Allen's Farm (July 1, 1862)
• Malvern Hill
  Battle of Malvern Hill
  The Battle of Malvern Hill, also known as the Battle of Poindexter's Farm, took place on July 1, 1862, in Henrico County, Virginia, on the seventh and last day of the Seven Days Battles of the American Civil War. Gen. Robert E. Lee launched a series of disjointed assaults on the nearly impregnable...
  
   (July 1, 1862)
• South Mountain
  Battle of South Mountain
  The Battle of South Mountain was fought September 14, 1862, as part of the Maryland Campaign of the American Civil War. Three pitched battles were fought for possession of three South Mountain passes: Crampton's, Turner's, and Fox's Gaps. Maj. Gen. George B...
  
   (September 14, 1862)
• Antietam
  Battle of Antietam
  The Battle of Antietam , fought on September 17, 1862, near Sharpsburg, Maryland, and Antietam Creek, as part of the Maryland Campaign, was the first major battle in the American Civil War to take place on Northern soil. It was the bloodiest single-day battle in American history, with about 23,000...
  
   (September 17, 1862)
• Fredericksburg
  Battle of Fredericksburg
  The Battle of Fredericksburg was fought December 11–15, 1862, in and around Fredericksburg, Virginia, between General Robert E. Lee's Confederate Army of Northern Virginia and the Union Army of the Potomac, commanded by Maj. Gen. Ambrose E. Burnside...
  
   (December 13, 1862)
• Chancellorsville
  Battle of Chancellorsville
  The Battle of Chancellorsville was a major battle of the American Civil War, and the principal engagement of the Chancellorsville Campaign. It was fought from April 30 to May 6, 1863, in Spotsylvania County, Virginia, near the village of Chancellorsville. Two related battles were fought nearby on...
  
   (May 1-4, 1863)
• Gettysburg
  Battle of Gettysburg
  The Battle of Gettysburg , was fought July 1–3, 1863, in and around the town of Gettysburg, Pennsylvania. The battle with the largest number of casualties in the American Civil War, it is often described as the war's turning point. Union Maj. Gen. George Gordon Meade's Army of the Potomac...
  
   (July 1-3, 1863)
• Chickamauga
  Battle of Chickamauga
  The Battle of Chickamauga, fought September 19–20, 1863, marked the end of a Union offensive in southeastern Tennessee and northwestern Georgia called the Chickamauga Campaign...
  
   [not engaged] (September 19-20, 1863)
• Chattanooga Siege (September-November 1863)
• Knoxville Siege (November-December 1863)
• The Wilderness
  Battle of the Wilderness
  The Battle of the Wilderness, fought May 5–7, 1864, was the first battle of Lt. Gen. Ulysses S. Grant's 1864 Virginia Overland Campaign against Gen. Robert E. Lee and the Confederate Army of Northern Virginia. Both armies suffered heavy casualties, a harbinger of a bloody war of attrition by...
  
   (May 5-6, 1864)
• Spotsylvania Court House
  Battle of Spotsylvania Court House
  The Battle of Spotsylvania Court House, sometimes simply referred to as the Battle of Spotsylvania , was the second major battle in Lt. Gen. Ulysses S. Grant's 1864 Overland Campaign of the American Civil War. Following the bloody but inconclusive Battle of the Wilderness, Grant's army disengaged...
  
   (May 8-21, 1864)
• North Anna
  Battle of North Anna
  The Battle of North Anna was fought May 23–26, 1864, as part of Union Lt. Gen. Ulysses S. Grant's Overland Campaign against Confederate Gen. Robert E. Lee's Army of Northern Virginia. It consisted of a series of small actions near the North Anna River in central Virginia, rather than a...
  
   (May 23-26, 1864)
• Cold Harbor
  Battle of Cold Harbor
  The Battle of Cold Harbor was fought from May 31 to June 12, 1864 . It was one of the final battles of Union Lt. Gen. Ulysses S. Grant's Overland Campaign during the American Civil War, and is remembered as one of American history's bloodiest, most lopsided battles...
  
   (June 1-3, 1864)
• Petersburg Siege (June 1864-April 1865)
• Cedar Creek
  Battle of Cedar Creek
  The Battle of Cedar Creek, or Battle of Belle Grove, October 19, 1864, was one of the final, and most decisive, battles in the Valley Campaigns of 1864 during the American Civil War. The final Confederate invasion of the North, led by Lt. Gen. Jubal A. Early, was effectively ended...
  
   (October 19, 1864)
• Sayler's Creek
  Battle of Sayler's Creek
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   (April 6, 1865)
• Appomattox Court House (April 9, 1865)