44th Georgia Infantry Regiment

The 44th Georgia Infantry Regiment was an infantry regiment in the Confederate States Army during the American Civil War.

History The 44th Georgia Volunteer Infantry Regiment was entered into service in the Confederate States Army on March 11, 1862, at Camp Stephens near Griffin, Georgia. The regiment consisted of the following 10 companies:

Company A- Weems' Guards, Henry County, Georgia Company B- Jasper Volunteers, Jasper County, Georgia Company C- Johnson Guards, Clarke County, Georgia Company D- Estes Guards, Clayton County, Georgia Company E- Freeman Volunteers, Spalding County, Georgia Company F- Putnam Volunteers, Putnam County, Georgia Company G- Huie Guards, Fayette County, Georgia Company H- The Pike County Volunteers, Pike County, Georgia Company I- Morgan and Henry Volunteers, Henry County and Morgan County, Georgia Company K- The Greene County Volunteers, Greene County, Georgia

Assignments Walkers Brigade, Department of North Carolina (April - June 1862) Ripley's Brigade, D. H. Hill's Division, Army of Northern Virginia (June - September 1862) Ripley's-Doles'-Cook's Brigade, D. H. Hill's_Rodes' Division, 2nd Corps, Army of Northern Virginia (September 1862 - June 1864) Cook's Brigade, Rodes'-Grimes' Division, Valley District, Department of Northern Virginia (June - December 1864) Cook's Brigade, Grimes' Division, 2nd Corps, Army of Northern Virginia (December 1864 - April 1865)

Commanding officers Col. Robert A. Smith Col. John B. Estes Col. Samuel P. Lumpkin Col. William H. Peebles Cpt. Thomas R. Daniel Cpt. John Tucker (detached from the 21st Georgia Infantry Regiment)

See also List of Civil War regiments from Georgia

References

Bibliography Crute Jr., Joseph H., Units of the Confederate States Army, Derwent Books, 1987. Thomas, Henry, History of Doles-Cook Brigade, 1903, Reprinted by Morningside Books, 1988.