61st Georgia Volunteer Infantry


The 61st Georgia Volunteer Infantry was an infantry regiment in the Confederate States Army during the American Civil War.

History

Part of the Lawton-Gordon-Evans Brigade, the 61st Georgia Volunteer Infantry was mustered in South Carolina in May 1862. Its service included the Battle of Gaines' Mill, Second Manassas, the Battle of Chancellorsville and the Battle of Gettysburg among many other battles. Along with the rest of Gordon's brigade, the 61st was among the first Confederate troops to reach the Susquehanna River during the Gettysburg Campaign.
George Washington Nichols, in his autobiographical account, A Soldier's Story of His Regiment, depicts life in the 61st Georgia Volunteer Infantry during the Civil War.

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