1st Battalion Georgia Sharpshooters
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1st Battalion Sharpshooters was organized with
four companies during the spring of 1862. Some of the men were
from De Kalb County. It served on the Georgia coast and was part
of the garrison that defended Fort McAllister in February, 1863.
During May the unit moved to Mississippi and under General Wilson
took its place in the trenches of Jackson. Later it was transferred
to the Army of Tennessee and attached to General C.H. Stevens'
and H.R. Jackson's Brigade. For a time the battalion was united
with the 25th Georgia Regiment and in December, 1863, the consolidated
command totalled 341 men and 151 arms. It fought on many battlefields
of the army from Chickamauga to Nashville and ended the war in
North Carolina. On April 26, 1865, it surrendered with less than
35 officers and men. Majors Robert H. Anderson and Arthur Shaaff
were in command.
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