10th Georgia Regiment

Infobox Military Unit
unit_name=10th Georgia Regiment


caption=Unofficial Georgia flag prior to 1879
country=Confederate States of America
allegiance=CSA
type=Infantry
branch=Volunteer Army, American Civil War
dates=June, 1861–April 9, 1865
specialization=
command_structure=
size=
current_commander=
garrison=
ceremonial_chief=
nickname=
motto=
colors=
march=
mascot=
battles=American Civil War
Battle of Cedar Creek
notable_commanders=Colonel Lafayette McLaws
Colonel Alfred Cumming
Colonel John B. Weems
Colonel Willis C. Holt
Colonel Andrew J. McBride
anniversaries=

The 10th Georgia Regiment was an infantry regiment that served in the Confederate States Army during the American Civil War. It participated in most of the key battles of Robert E. Lee's Army of Northern Virginia.

The regiment was raised in various counties throughout the state of Georgia and was mustered into Confederate service in June 1861 in Richmond, Virginia. It was initially assigned to Magruder's Peninsula Division. It served with the Army of Northern Virginia for the entire war, except during Longstreet's late 1863 expedition to Georgia and East Tennessee. The regiment was assigned to the Semmes-Bryan-Simms brigade.

Organization

taff

*Colonel
**Lafayette McLaws (June 17, 1861 to September 25, 1861; Promoted to Brigadier General)
**Alfred Cumming (September 25, 1861 to October 29, 1862; Promoted to Brigadier General)
**John B. Weems (October 29, 1862 to May 19, 1864; Retired to the Invalid Corps)
**Willis C. Holt (May 19, 1864 to 1864)
**Andrew J. McBride (March 2, 1865 to rank from February 20, 1865, to the end of the war)
*Lieutenant Colonel
** Alfred Cumming (June, 1861 to September 25, 1861)
** John B. Weems (September 25, 1861 to October 29, 1862)
** Willis C. Holt (October 29, 1862 to May 19, 1864; Killed in action, Battle of Cedar Creek, Virginia)
** Charles C. Kibbee (Promoted for valor and skill on March 2, 1865, to date from February 20, 1865 to end of war)
*Major
** John B. Weems (July 4, 1861 to September 25, 1861)
** R. R. Hawes (September 25, 1861 to August 4, 1862; Resigned due to disability)
** Willis C. Holt (August 4, 1862 to October 29, 1862)
** Philologus H. Loud (October 29, 1862 to February 13, 1865; Retired)

Companies

*Company A - Confederate Sentinels (Muscogee County)
*Company B - Letcher Guards (Richmond County)
*Company C - Chattahoochee Beauregards Chattahoochee County)
*Company D - Independent Blues (Richmond County)
*Company E - Clayton Sharpshooters (Clayton County)
*Company F - Thomson Guards (Columbia County)
*Company G - (Pulaski County)
*Company H - Wilcox County Rifles (Wilcox County)
*Company I - Fayette Grey Guards (Campbell and Fayette Counties)
*Company K - Davis Musketeers (Richmond County)

Battles

* Back River [five companies] (July 24, 1861)
* Yorktown (April 1862)
* Lee's Mill (April 16, 1862)
* Williamsburg [skirmish] (May 4, 1862)
* Ellison's Mill, New Bridge, and Mechanicsville [skirmishes] [Companies C, E, and I] (May 23-24, 1862)
* Seven Days Battles (June 25-July 1, 1862)
* Savage's Station (June 29, 1862)
* Allen's Farm (July 1, 1862)
* Malvern Hill (July 1, 1862)
* South Mountain (September 14, 1862)
* Antietam (September 17, 1862)
* Fredericksburg (December 13, 1862)
* Chancellorsville (May 1-4, 1863)
* Gettysburg (July 1-3, 1863)
* Chickamauga [not engaged] (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)
* Cedar Creek (October 19, 1864)
* Sayler's Creek (April 6, 1865)
* Appomattox Court House (April 9, 1865)