Georgia 21st Infantry, Company A (Confederate)

1861-09-27

Organized - Georgia 21st Infantry, Company A - Georgia

1862-09-17

Battle - Antietam - Sharpsburg, Maryland

The Army of the Potomac, under the command of Maj. Gen. George McClellan, mounted a series of powerful assaults against General Robert E. Lee's forces along Antietam Creek near Sharpsburg, Maryland, on September 17th, 1862.READ MORE

1863-04-30

Battle - Chancellorsville - Spotsylvania County, Virginia

Chancellorsville

On April 27, 1863, Maj. Gen. Joseph Hooker launched a turning movement designed to pry Robert E. Lee's Army of Northern Virginia out of its lines at Fredericksburg.READ MORE

1864-09-19

Battle - Third Winchester - Frederick County, Virginia; Winchester, Virginia

Third Winchester

To clear the Shenandoah River valley of Confederates, Maj. Gen. Phil Sheridan moved on Winchester in mid-September 1864. Sheridan's force of over 39,000 men was more than twice the size of Maj. Gen. Jubal Early's Confederate army defending the valley. After Brig. Gen. Joseph Kershaw's division left Winchester to rejoin Robert E. Lee's army at Petersburg, Early renewed his raids on the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad at Martinsburg in the lower valley, dispersing his four remaining infantry divisions. On Septem…READ MORE

1865-04-09

Mustered Out - Georgia 21st Infantry, Company A - Georgia

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regiment -Georgia 21st Infantry (Confederate)

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