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16th Georgia Volunteer Infantry
Assignments:
Colquitt's Brigade/Magruders Command/Army of the Peninsula
2nd Brigade (Howell Cobb's)/McLaws' Division/Army of the Peninsula
Howell Cobb's Brigade/ McLaws' Division/Longstreet's Corps/Army of Northern Virginia
T.R.R. Cobb's Brigade/ McLaws' Division/Longstreet's Corps/Army of Northern Virginia
Wofford's Brigade/McLaws' Division/Longstreet's Corps/Army of Northern Virginia
Wofford's Brigade/McLaws' Division/Longstreet's Corps/Army of Tennessee
Wofford's Brigade/McLaws' Division/ Longstreet's Department of East Tennessee
Wofford's Brigade/McLaws' Division/Longstreet's Corps/Army of Northern Virginia
Wofford's Brigade/Kershaw's Division/Longstreet's Corps/Army of Northern Virginia
Wofford's Brigade/Kershaw's Division/Jubal Early's Army of the Valley
Wofford's Brigade/Kershaw's Division/Longstreet's Corps/Army of Northern Virginia
Dubose's Brigade/Kershaw's Division/Longstreet's Corps/Army of Northern Virginia
Organized at Columbia, Elbert, Gwinnett, Habersham, Hart, Jackson, Madison, and Walton Counties
Mustered in July 19, 1861 at Richmond, VA
Surrendered at Appomattox Court House April 9, 1865
Companies, Counties of Origin, and Original Captains:
Company A - Madison Grays (Madison County) Capt. James S Gholston
Company B - Centre Hill Guards (Jackson County) Capt. Abner Monroe Reynolds
Company C - Hartwell Infantry (Hart County) Capt. John Hamilton Skelton
Company D - Danielsville Guard (Madison County) Capt. John Newton Montgomery
Company E - Cobb Infantry (Habersham County) Capt. Benjamin Edward Stiles
Company F - Walton County Vols (Walton County) Capt. John Henry Duncan McRae
Company G - Jackson Rifles (Madison County) Capt. Augustus Columbus Thompson
Company H - Flint Hill Greys (Gwinnett County) Capt. Moses Richardson
Company I - Gwinnett Volunteers (Gwinnett County) Capt. Nathaniel Louis Hutchins, II
Company K - Ramsey Volunteers (Columbia County) Capt. Robert Joshua Boyd
The 16th Georgia Volunteer Infantry is probably the most interesting Georgia regiment that has never been written about.....well, almost never.
Here's what you'll find at the National Park Service Soldiers and Sailors database:
"OVERVIEW:
16th Infantry Regiment [also called Sallie Twiggs Regiment] was organized during the early summer of 1861. Its companies were raised in the counties of Madison, Elbert, Gwinnett, Habersham, Jackson, and Hart. Sent to Virginia the regiment was assigned to General H. Cobb's, T.R.R. Cobb's, Wofford's, and DuBose's Brigade. It fought with the Army of Northern Virginia from the Seven Days' Battles to Gettysburg, then moved with Longstreet but was not engaged in the fight at Chickamauga. After serving at Knoxville, it returned to Virginia and participated in the conflicts at The Wilderness, Spotsylvania, and Cold Harbor. Later the unit was part of Early's operations in the Shenandoah Valley and the Appomattox Campaign. The regiment had a force of 488 effectives in April, 1862, lost 11 killed and 50 wounded at Malvern Hill, and of the 368 engaged at South Mountain, fifty-two percent were disabled. It sustained 70 casualties at Fredericksburg, 133 at Chancellorsville, and twenty-six percent of the 303 at Gettysburg. The 16th lost many at Sayler's Creek and surrendered 2 officers and 51 men. Its commanders were Colonels Goode Bryan, Howell Cobb, James S. Gholston, and Henry P. Thomas; Lieutenant Colonel B. Edward Stiles; and Major John H. Skelton."
Unfortunately, the above sketch is incomplete and, in some cases, inaccurate. Suffice to say that it seems the 16th Georgia was one of the "go to" regiments of the Confederate Army. Although the majority of the regiment's service was in the Army of Northern Virginia, they were also shuffled around quite a bit from one assignment to another and back again.
If you are seeking information about this regiment and having trouble locating much, take heart! Know that others have encountered the same difficulty and frustration. I am currently compiling a comprehensive regimental history and will try to post some additional info along, as time permits. If you have questions, feel free to post them here.
This thread is intended to serve as the location for general regimental history, photographs, stories, articles and other relevant information about the 16th Georgia Infantry in the Regimental Histories Forum. Please do not start new threads - just add your content under this existing thread so it can be easily located. Thank you so much for contributing information about the 16th Georgia Infantry.
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