| 40th
Regiment, Georgia Infantry
Between March 31 and April
17, 1865 , the 40th, 41st and 43rd Regiments Georgia Volunteer Infantry
were consolidated to form the 40th Battalion Georgia Volunteer Infantry
and surrendered at Greensboro, N. C. April 26, 1865.
Staff
Colonel
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Johnson, Abda - Captain
Co. I, March 4, 1862. Elected Colonel March 19, 1862. Wounded and captured
at Vicksburg, Miss. July 4, 1863, and paroled there July 6, 1863. Surrendered
at Greensboro, N. C. April 26, 1865.
Lieutenant Colonel
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Young, Robert M. - March
19, 1862. Wounded at New Hope Church, Ga. May 26, 1864. Recommended for
retirement by Medical Examining Board on account of wounds February 20,
1865.
Major
Camp Raleigh Spinks -
Elected Captain of Co. B, 7th Regiment Texas Inf. October 2, 1861 ; Major
of the 40th Regiment Ga. Inf. March 19, 1862. Acting Inspector General
in 1863. Captured at Vicksburg, Miss. July 4, 1863, and paroled there July
6, 1863. Wounded in left arm in 1864. Furloughed from Floyd House Hospital
at Macon, Ga. for 45 days on account of wounds May 23, 1864. No later record.
(Born in 1831.)
Adjutant
Warwick, George W.- Appointed
1st Sergeant of 1st Co. E, 1st Confederate
Regiment Inf. March 18, 1861 . Elected Jr. 2d Lieutenant
September 16, 1861 . Resigned January 12,
1862. Enlisted as a private in Co. B, 40th Regiment
Ga. Inf. March 4, 1862 . Appointed Adjutant June
11, 1862 . Retired to Invalid Corps August
24, 1864 .
Companies
Engagements
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Cumberland Gap, Tennessee (6/17/62
- 6/18/62)
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Chickasaw Bayou, Mississippi
(12/27/62 - 12/29/62)
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Vicksburg Campaign, Mississippi
(5/63 - 7/63)
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Vicksburg Siege, Mississippi
(5/63 - 7/63)
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Champion Hill, Mississippi (5/16/63)
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Chattanooga Siege, Tennessee
(9/63 - 11/63)
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Chattanooga, Tennessee (11/23/63
- 11/25/63)
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Atlanta Campaign, Georgia (5/64
- 9/64)
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Rocky Face Ridge, Georgia (5/5/64
- 5/11/64)
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Resaca, Georgia (5/9/64)
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New Hope Church, Georgia (5/25/64
- 6/4/64)
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Dallas, Georgia (6/25/64 - 6/27/64)
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Kennesaw Mountain, Georgia (6/27/64)
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Atlanta Siege, Georgia (7/64
- 9/64)
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Peachtree Creek, Georgia (7/20/64)
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Atlanta, Georgia (7/22/64)
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Ezra Church, Georgia (7/28/64)
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Jonesboro, Georgia (8/31/64
- 9/1/64)
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Franklin, Tennessee (11/30/64)
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Nashville, Tennessee (12/15/64
- 12/16/64)
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Carolinas Campaign (2/65 - 4/30/65)
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Edisto Railroad Bridge, South
Carolina (2/7/65)
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Binnaker's Bridge, South Carolina
(2/9/65)
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Orangeburg, South Carolina (2/12/65)
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Bentonville, North Carolina
(3/19/65 - 3/21/65)
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