Bryant Pace

2nd G-Grandfather of Kerry John Odom

MUSTER ROLL OF COMPANY D, 51st REGIMENT

GEORGIA VOLUNTEER INFANTRY

ARMY OF NORTHERN VIRGINIA

C. S. A.

BAKER, COLQUITT, MILLER COUNTIES, GEORGIA

MILLER GUARDS

Bryant Pace-5th Sergeant March 4, 1862. (Born in 1819.)

The 51st Georgia Volunteer Infantry was an infantry regiment in the Confederate States Army during the American Civil War.

The regiment was formed in March 1862, and initially assigned to defensive duty in South Carolina. It was engaged at the Battle of Secessionville near Charleston before being sent northward for duty in Virginia. Upon reaching Virginia in July 1862, the 51st Georgia was assigned to Drayton's Brigade within the Army of Northern Virginia. After the Battle of Antietam in September, Robert E. Lee decided to reorganize his army for more efficiency, and the 51st Regiment was permanently assigned to Paul Jones Semmes's brigade. The subsequent brigade commanders were Goode Bryan and James P. Simms. The 51st stayed in this brigade for the duration of the Civil War.

The regiment was a part of the Army of Northern Virginia from July 1862 until its surrender at Appomattox Court House, except during James Longstreet's 1863 independent expedition to Georgia and East Tennessee.

Battles

Secessionville (June 16, 1862)
Second Bull Run (August 28–30, 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)
Battle of Fort Sanders
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)