Organized: May 12, 1862 (Merger of the 11th Battalion, Georgia Infantry)
Surrendered: April 26, 1865, Durham Station, North Carolina

Colonel

• Williams, Gilbert W. M. - Elected Captain of Co. K, 5th Regiment Ga. State Troops October 6, 1861; Major of the 11th Battn. Ga. Inf. October 25,1861; Lieutenant Colonel March 22, 1862; Colonel of the 47th Regiment Ga. Inf. to rank from May 12, 1862. Roll for March -April 1863 shows him at Red Bluff, commanding Post. Died August 30, 1863.
• Edwards, A. C. - Captain, Co. L 11th Battn. Ga. Inf., March 4, 1862. Elected Major March 22, 1862; Lieutenant Colonel of the 47th Regiment Ga. Inf. May 12, 1862; Colonel August 30, 1863. In hospital July 11-August 25, 1864. Application dated Guyton Hospital, September 12, 1864, for 30 days' furlough, based on Surgeon's certificate of disability, appears to have been approved. No later record.

Lieutenant Colonel

• Edwards, A. C. - See Colonel.
• Phillips, William S. - Captain Co. E, 11th Battn. Ga. Inf., March 4, 1862. Transferred to Co. E, 47th Regiment Ga. Inf. as Captain May 12, 1862. Elected Major May 14, 1863; Lieutenant Colonel August 30, 1863. Retired to Invalid Corps November 5, 1864, and assigned to duty February 7,1865.
• Cone, Joseph S. - Elected 1st Lieutenant of Co. G, 5th Regiment Ga. State Troops October 15,1861. Mustered out April 1862. Elected Captain of Co. K, 47th Regiment Ga. Inf. May 6, 1862; Major August 30, 1863; Lieutenant Colonel November 5, 1864. No later record.

Major

• Edwards, A. C. - See Colonel.
• Cone, James G. - Elected 2d Lieutenant of Co. G, 5th Regiment Ga. State Troops October 15, 1861; Captain December 21, 1861. Mustered out April 1862. Elected Major of the 47th Regiment Ga. Inf. May 12, 1862. Resigned May 14, 1863. Elected Jr. 2d Lieutenant Co. K, 47th Regiment Ga. Inf. June 22,1863. Appears on Inspection Report dated James Island, S. C. August 25, 1864. No later record.
• Phillips, William S. - See Lieutenant Colonel
• Cone, Joseph S. - See Lieutenant Colonel.

Adjutant

• Williams, Benjamin S. - Appointed 1st Corporal of 1st Co. F, 28th Regiment Ga. Inf. August 14,1861; 5th Sergeant October 22,1861; Adjutant of the 11th Battn. Ga. Inf. April 21, 1862. Transferred to Co. G, 47th Regiment Ga. Inf. as a private May 12, 1862. Appointed Adjutant May 12, 1862. Reported "At Red Bluff Adjutant of the Post," on rolls for March -April 1863. Appears without remark on roster for March 1865. No later record. 

• (Company A) Mitchell Volunteer Guards (Chatham County)
• (Company B) (Randolph County)
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• (Company C) Bulloch Guards (Bulloch County)  FTP Roster
• (Company D) (Screven County)
• (Company E) Chatham Volunteers (Chatham, Bryan and Effingham Counties) FTP Roster
• (Company F) Appling Rangers (Appling County)  FTP Roster
• (Company G) (Tattnall County)
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• (Company H) (Glynn County)
• (Company I) Empire State Guards (Effingham County)
• (Company K) (Bulloch County)  FTP Roster

• Secessionville, South Carolina (6/16/62)
• Jackson Siege, Mississippi (7/11/63)
• Chattanooga Siege, Tennessee (9/63 - 11/63)
• Chickamauga, Georgia (9/19/63 - 9/20/63)
• Chattanooga, Tennessee (11/23/63 - 11/25/63)
• Atlanta Campaign, Georgia (5/64 - 9/64)
• Savannah Campaign, Georgia (11/64 - 12/64)
• Tullifiny Station, South Carolina (12/9/64)
• Carolinas Campaign (2/65 - 4/30/65)