8th Ga Command Organization

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Command Organization of the
8^th Georgia Volunteer Infantry

Jun 1861
Jan 1862 | May 1862 | Jun 1862 | Aug 1862 | Sep 1862 | Oct 1862
Feb 1863 | May 1863 | Aug 1863 | Sep 1863 | Oct 1863 | Nov 1863
Apr 1864

Army, Corps, Division and Brigade Command Organization and Orders of Battle:

In June 1861, the 8th Georgia Volunteer Infantry was ordered to Harper's Ferry, Virginia, to join the forces commanded by Gen. Joseph E. Johnston.

"Colonel F. S. Bartow will proceed to Harper's Ferry, Virginia with regiment of Georgia Volunteers, and report for duty to Brigadier General J. E. Johnston, commanding."

[By command of the Sec. of War, CSA J.N.O. Withers, Asst. Adj. General, O.R. Ser I, Vol 52, Pt 2, pg 128].

Jun. 1861:
Battles: First Manassas

Army	Shenandoah - Joseph E. Johnston
Brigade	1st Gen. Thomas J. Jackson	2nd Col. Francis S. Bartow	3rd Gen. Bernard E. Bee	4th Gen. Arnold Elzey
Regiments	2nd Virginia 3rd Virginia 5th Virginia 27th Virginia Pendleton's Artillery	7th Georgia 8th Georgia 9th Georgia 1st Kentucky Alburti's Artillery	4th Alabama 2nd Mississippi 11th Mississippi 1st Tennessee Imboden's Artillery	1st Maryland 3rd Tennessee 10th Virginia 13th Virginia Grove's Artillery

Jan. 1862 - Apr. 1862:
Battles: Yorktown (under construction)

Dept. of Northern Virginia (Gen. Joseph E. Johnston), Potomac District, 2nd Division, S. Jones' Brigade (7th, 8th, 9th Ga, 1st Kentucky).

May 1862:
Battles: New Bridge (under construction)

Dept. of Northern Virginia (Gen. Joseph E. Johnston), Potomac District, G. W. Smith's Division, D. R. Jones' Brigade (1st Ga. Regulars, 7th, 8th, 9th , 11th Ga. Inf.)

June - July 1862:
Battles: Seven Days [Oak Grove, Mechanicsville, Gaines Mill, Garnett's Farm, Savage Station,
Frayser's Farm, Malvern Hill] (under construction)

Dept. of Northern Virginia (Gen. Robert E. Lee), J. B. Magruder's Corps, Toombs' (D. R. Jones') Division, 3rd Brigade (D. R. Jones' under George T. Anderson).

Aug. 1862:
Battles: Second Manassas

Army

Northern Virginia - General Robert E. Lee

Corps

Gen. James Longstreet

Gen T J Jackson

Division

Gen R H Anderson

Gen C M Wilcox

Gen. D. R. Jones

Gen J B Hood

Gen Kemper

Brigade

Toombs-
Benning

Drayton

Gen. George T. Anderson

Regiment

8^th Ga.

Sep. 1862:
Battles: Sharpsburg

Army

Northern Virginia - General Robert E. Lee

Corps

Gen. James Longstreet

Gen. T. J. Jackson

Division

Gen. L. Mc Laws

Gen. R H Anderson

Gen. D. R. Jones

Gen. C M Wilcox

Gen. J B Hood

Gen. Walker

Brigade

Toombs-
Benning

Drayton

G T Anderson

Jenkins-
Walker

Kemper

Pickett-
Hunton-
Garnett

Regiment

1 Reg, 7, 8, 9, 11 Ga

Oct. 1862 - Feb. 1863:
Battles: Fredericksburg

Army

Northern Virginia - General Robert E. Lee

Corps

Gen. James Longstreet

Gen T J Jackson

Division

Gen L. Mc Laws

Gen R H Anderson

Gen G. Pickett

Gen. John B. Hood

Gen Ransom

Brigade

Gen E Law

Gen J Robertson

Gen. George T. Anderson

Gen Toombs- Benning

Regiment

8^th Ga.

Feb. - May 1863:
Battles: Suffolk Campaign (under construction)

Dept. of North Carolina and So. Virginia, Gen. James Longstreet's Corps, Gen. John B. Hood's Division, Gen. George T. Anderson's Brigade (7th, 8th, 9th, 11th, and 59th Ga. Inf.)

May - Aug. 1863:
Battles: Gettysburg, Funkstown

Army

Northern Virginia - General Robert E. Lee

Corps

Gen. James Longstreet

Gen R. Ewell

Gen A. P. Hill

Division

Gen L. Mc Laws

Gen G. Pickett

Gen. John B. Hood

Brigade

Gen E. Law

Gen J. Robertson

Gen. George T. Anderson

Gen H. Benning

Regiment

8th Ga.

Aug. - Sep. 1863:
Battles: Charleston Defenses

Army

Dept. of So. Carolina, Georgia, and Florida - Gen. Pierre G. T. Beauregard
1st Military District - Gen. Roswell S. Ripley

Subdivision

1st - Gen. William B. Taliaferro

2nd

3rd

4th

5th

Brigade

Olmstead's
Command

Gen. George T. Anderson

Gen. J.
Hagood

Cavalry

Artillery

Regiment

8th Ga

Sept. 1863:
Battles: Chicamauga

Army	Tennessee - Gen. Braxton Bragg
"Wing"	Gen L. Polk (Right)	Gen. James Longstreet (Left wing)
Corps		Gen. James Longstreet (under command of Gen. J. B. Hood)
Division		Gen Mc Laws	Gen. J. B. Hood (under command of E. Law)
Brigade			Gen Jenkins	Gen. E. Law (Sheffield)	Gen. George T. Anderson					Gen J. Robertson	Gen H. Benning
Regiment					7th Ga	8^th Ga.	9th Ga.	11th Ga.	59th Ga.