Author : John C. Rigdon
Release : 2015-11-20
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Book Synopsis Historical Sketch and Roster of the Georgia Phillips Legion Infantry Battalion by : John C. Rigdon
Download or read book Historical Sketch and Roster of the Georgia Phillips Legion Infantry Battalion written by John C. Rigdon. This book was released on 2015-11-20. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Phillips Legion's Infantry Battalion formed the infantry component of this Georgia unit. As originally organized in 1861 the Legion contained six infantry companies (A -F) and four cavalry companies. During the spring of 1862, three new infantry companies, L, M and O, were recruited in Cobb and Bartow counties and added to the Infantry Battalion. These nine companies, retaining their original company letter designations, served throughout the remainder of the war. Like almost all Civil War Legions, the infantry and cavalry battalions of the unit were separated early in the war (July 1862). Shortly after being mustered into Confederate service at Lynchburg, Va. on August 9th 1861, the unit was ordered into the mountains of western Virginia (today's West Virginia) to serve in the Army of the Kanawha under General John B. Floyd. The unit endured brutal winter weather and disease until December 16, 1861 when it was ordered to South Carolina. The unit, now expanded with the addition of companies L, M & O, next served in the Department of South Carolina, Georgia and Florida. In July of 1862 the Battalion returned to Virginia as part of Thomas Drayton's mixed Georgia, South Carolina brigade, joining the Army of Northern Virginia. It was reassigned to General T R R Cobb's Georgia brigade in November of 1862 and continued to serve with the ANV until the late summer of 1863 when it was moved west to Georgia along with two divisions of Longstreet's Corps, serving in the Army of Tennessee at Chattanooga and later in the Department of East Tennessee during the Knoxville campaign. Returned to Virginia in April of 1864, the unit again served in the Army of Northern Virginia. In August of 1864, the unit joined the Army of the Valley District where it served in the Shenandoah Valley until November, 1864. Once again returned to the Army of Northern Virginia, the Battalion served in that Army for the duration of the war. Companies Of Phillips Legion Company A. - "Greene Rifles" - Greene County Company B -"Dalton Guards" - Whitfield County Company C - "Habersham Rifles" or "Habersham Volunteers" - Cobb and Habersham Counties Company D - "Polk Rifles" - Polk County. Company E - "Blue Ridge Rifles" - Lumpkin County. Company F - "Lochrane Guards" - Bibb County. Company L - "Blackwell Volunteers" - Cobb County. Company M - "Denmead Volunteers" - Cobb County. Company O - "Marietta Guards" - Cobb and Bartow County.
