14th Regiment
Georgia Volunteer Infantry
Army of Northern Virginia
C. S. A.
Field & Staff
14th Infantry Regiment was organized by Colonel
A. V. Brumby during the spring of 1861 with men recruited in Jasper,
Johnson, Pierce, Dougherty, and Worth counties. Ordered to Virginia
the unit served under General Floyd in the Kanawha Valley, then
was assigned to General W. Hampton's, J.R. Anderson's, and E.L.
Thomas's Brigade, Army of Northern Virginia. It was active from
Seven Pines to Cold Harbor, endured the battles and hardships
of the Petersburg siege south of the James River, and ended the
war at Appomattox. The regiment had 379 effectives in April, 1862,
and sustained 138 casualties during the Seven Days' Battles, 28
at Cedar Mountain, and 52 at Second Manassas. It lost 8 killed
and 67 wounded at Chancellorsville and twelve percent of the 331
engaged at Gettysburg. On April 9, 1865, there were 20 officers
and 147 men present. The field officers were Colonels A.V. Brumby,
Robert W. Folsom, Richard P. Lester, and Felix Price; Lieutenant
Colonels James M. Fielder, Washington L. Goldsmith, William A.
Harris, and W.S. Ramsey; and Major Charles C. Kelley.
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