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
  • 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

  • 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
    • Cumberland Gap, Tennessee (6/17/62 - 6/18/62)
    • Chickasaw Bayou, Mississippi (12/27/62 - 12/29/62)
    • Vicksburg Campaign, Mississippi (5/63 - 7/63)
    • Vicksburg Siege, Mississippi (5/63 - 7/63)
    • Champion Hill, Mississippi (5/16/63)
    • Chattanooga Siege, Tennessee (9/63 - 11/63)
    • Chattanooga, Tennessee (11/23/63 - 11/25/63)
    • Atlanta Campaign, Georgia (5/64 - 9/64)
    • Rocky Face Ridge, Georgia (5/5/64 - 5/11/64)
    • Resaca, Georgia (5/9/64)
    • New Hope Church, Georgia (5/25/64 - 6/4/64)
    • Dallas, Georgia (6/25/64 - 6/27/64)
    • Kennesaw Mountain, Georgia (6/27/64)
    • Atlanta Siege, Georgia (7/64 - 9/64)
    • Peachtree Creek, Georgia (7/20/64)
    • Atlanta, Georgia (7/22/64)
    • Ezra Church, Georgia (7/28/64)
    • Jonesboro, Georgia (8/31/64 - 9/1/64)
    • Franklin, Tennessee (11/30/64)
    • Nashville, Tennessee (12/15/64 - 12/16/64)
    • Carolinas Campaign (2/65 - 4/30/65)
    • Edisto Railroad Bridge, South Carolina (2/7/65)
    • Binnaker's Bridge, South Carolina (2/9/65)
    • Orangeburg, South Carolina (2/12/65)
    • Bentonville, North Carolina (3/19/65 - 3/21/65)