8^th Regiment, Georgia Volunteer Infantry

This regiment was formed at Camp Bartow, Howard's Grove, Richmond, Virginia on June 1, 1861. It was assigned to Bartow's Brigade.

8th Infantry Regiment as organized by Colonel F.S. Bartow during the spring of 1861. All of its companies had seen prior military service in the Georgia militia and were from Rome, Savannah, and Atlanta, and the counties of Greene, Echols, Pulaski, and Floyd. Early in June the unit was ordered to Virginia and, assigned to F.S. Bartow's Brigade, fought at First Manassas. In April, 1862, it had but 251 men fit for duty and for the balance of the war served under General G.T. Anderson. The 8th was involved in the campaigns of the Army of Northern Virginia from the Seven Days' Battles to Cold Harbor, except when it was with Longstreet at Suffolk, in Georgia, and at Knoxville. It did not take part in the Battle of Chickamauga. The unit participated in the Petersburg siege south and north of the James River and later the Appomattox Campaign. It reported 41 killed and 159 wounded at First Manassas, had 28 killed, 65 wounded, and 11 missing during the Seven Days' Battles, and lost 8 killed and 54 wounded at Second Manassas. It lost more than fifty percent of the 312 engaged at Gettysburg, and from April 14 to May 6, there were 92 disabled, and from August 1 to December 31, 1864, the regiment had 82 killed or wounded. At the surrender it contained 14 officers and 139 men. The field officers were Colonels F.S. Bartow, William M. Gardner, L.M. Lamar, and John R. Towers; Lieutenant Colonels Thomas L. Cooper and Edward J. Magruder; and Majors John F. Cooper and George O. Dawson. (Civil War Soldiers and Sailors System)

The regiment was organized as follows:

Field staff and band

Colonel

• Bartow, Francis S. (June 1, 1861 - July 21, 1861)
• Gardner, William Montgomery (July 21, 1861 - November 14, 1861 [Appointed Brigadier General])
• Lamar, Lucius M. (January 28, 1862 - ?)
• Towers, John R. (December 16, 1862 - Surrendered at Appomattox, April 9, 1865)

• Gardner, William Montgomery (June 8, 1861 - July 21, 1861)
• Cooper, Thomas L. (July 21, 1861 - December 14, 1861 [Killed from a fall from his horse])
• Towers, John R. (November 16, 1861 - December 16, 1862 [?])
• Lamar, Lucius M. (December 24, 1861 - January 28, 1862)
• Magruder, E. J. (December 16, 1862 - ?)

• Cooper, Thomas L. (June 1, 1861 - July 21, 1861)
• Cooper, John F. (July 21, 1861 - September 6, 1861 [Died from wounds received at First Bull Run])
• Lamar, Lucius M. (September 12, 1861 - December 24, 1861)
• Magruder, E. J. (January 28, 1862 - December 16, 1862)
• Dawson, George Oscar (December 16, 1862 - ?)

• Branch, John L. (June 1, 1861 - July 21, 1861 [Killed at First Bull Run])
• Harper, Armistead R.October 2, 1861 - March 30, 1862)
• Shellman, W. F. (April 30, 1862 - October 15, 1864 [Retired on Account of wounds])
• Brantley, Amos W. (? - Surrendered at Appomattox, April 9, 1865)

Companies

Assignments

• Bartow's Brigade, Army of the Shenandoah
• Bartow's-S. Jones' Brigade, 2nd Corps, Army of the Potomac (July-October 1861)
• S. Jones' Brigade, 2nd Corps, Potomac District, Department of Northern Virginia (October 1861-January 1862)
• S. Jones'-D. R. Jones' Brigade, G. W. Smith's Division, Potomac District,  Department of Northern Virginia (January-April 1862)
• D. R. Jones'-Semmes'-G. T. Anderson's Brigade, Toombs'-D. R. Jones' Division, Magruder's Command, Army of Northern Virginia (April-July 1862)
• G. T. Anderson's Brigade, D. R. Jones' Division, 1st Corps, Army of Northern Virginia (July-October 1862)
• G. T. Anderson's Brigade, Hood's Division, 1st Corps, Army of Northern Virginia (October 1862-February 1863)
• G. T. Anderson's Brigade, Hood's Division, Department of North Carolina and Southern Virginia (Februrary-April 1863)
• G. T. Anderson's Brigade, Hood's Division, Department of Southern Virginia (April-May 1863)
• G. T. Anderson's Brigade, Hood's Division, 1st Corps, Army of Northern Virginia (May-September 1863)
• G. T. Anderson's Brigade, Hood's Division, Longstreet's Corps, Army of Tennessee (September-November 1863)
• G. T. Anderson's Brigade, Hood's-Field's Division, Department of East Tennessee (November 1863-April 1864)
• G. T. Anderson's Brigade, Field's Division, 1st Corps, Army of Northern Virginia (April 1864-April 1865)

• 1st Bull Run (July 21, 1861)
• Yorktown Siege (April 1862)
• Lee's Mill (April 16, 1862)
• Ellison's Mill, New Bridge, and Mechanicsville [skirmishes] (May 23-24, 1862)
• Williamsburg (May 5, 1862) (Not listed in Sifakis)
• Seven Days Battles (June 25-July 1, 1862)
• Garnett's and Golding's Farms (June 27-28, 1862)
• Allen's Farm (July 1, 1862) (Not listed in Sifakis)
• Malvern Hill (July 1, 1862)
• Rappahannock Station (August 23, 1861)
• Thoroughfare Gap (August 28, 1862)
• 2nd Bull Run (August 28-30, 1862)
• South Mountain (September 14, 1862) (Not listed in Sifakis)
• Antietam (September 17, 1862)
• Fredericksburg (December 13, 1862)
• Suffolk Campaign (April-May 1863)
• Gettysburg (July 1-3, 1863)
• Funkstown (July 10, 1863)
• Chickamauga (September 19-20, 1863)
• Chattanooga Siege (September-November 1863)
• Knoxville Siege (November-December 1863)
• The Wilderness (May 5-6, 1864)
• Spotsylvania Court House (May 8-21, 1864)
• North Anna (May 23-26, 1864)
• Cold Harbor (June 1-3, 1864)
• Petersburg Siege (June 1864-April 1865)
• Ream's Station (August 25, 1864)
• Fort Harrison (September 29-30, 1864)
• Williamsburg Road (October 27, 1864)
• Appomattox Court House (April 9, 1865)

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8^th Regiment, Georgia Volunteer Infantry