44th Georgia Volunteer Infantry

44th Georgia Volunteer Infantry
Unofficial Georgia flag prior to 1879
Active	March, 1862 – April, 1865
Country	Confederate States of America
Branch	Infantry
Engagements	American Civil War Beaver Dam Creek/Ellerson's Mill Second Manassas/Second Bull Run Antietam/Sharpsburg Fredericksburg Chancellorsville Gettysburg The Wilderness Spotsylvania Court House Cold Harbor Cedar Creek Siege of Petersburg Assault on Fort Steadman Appomattox

The 44th Georgia Volunteer Infantry was an infantry regiment in the Confederate States Army during the American Civil War.

History

The 44th Georgia Volunteer Infantry Regiment was entered into service in the Confederate States Army on March 11, 1862 at Camp Stephens near Griffin, Georgia. The regiment consisted of the following 10 companies:

• Company A- Weems' Guards, Henry County, Georgia
• Company B- Jasper Volunteers, Jasper County, Georgia
• Company C- Johnson Guards, Clarke County, Georgia
• Company D- Estes Guards, Clayton County, Georgia
• Company E- Freeman Volunteers, Spalding County, Georgia
• Company F- Putnam Volunteers, Putnam County, Georgia
• Company G- Huie Guards, Fayette County, Georgia
• Company H- The Pike County Volunteers, Pike County, Georgia
• Company I- Morgan and Henry Volunteers, Henry County and Morgan County, Georgia
• Company K- The Greene County Volunteers, Greene County, Georgia

Bibliography

• Crute Jr., Joseph H., Units of the Confederate States Army, Derwent Books, 1987.
• Thomas, Henry, History of Doles-Cook Brigade, 1903, Reprinted by Morningside Books, 1988.