47th Georgia Infantry Regiment

47th Georgia Infantry Regiment
47th Georgia Infantry Regiment
	Unofficial Georgia flag prior to 1879
Active	June, 1861–April 26, 1865
Country	Confederate States of America
Allegiance	Georgia
Branch	Confederate States Army
Type	Infantry
Engagements	American Civil War James Island; Siege of Jackson; Kennesaw Mountain; Resaca; Missionary Ridge; Chickamauga; Carolinas Campaign;

The 47th Georgia Infantry Regiment was an infantry regiment in the Confederate States Army during the American Civil War.

History

The regiment was first organized during the winter of 1861–1862 with men recruited from Mitchell, Randolph, Bulloch, Chatham, Screven, Tattnall, Appling, Bryan, Liberty, and Dodge counties. It was reorganized on May 12, 1862, when the 11th Battalion Georgia Infantry was merged into it. Until that time, the soldiers had spent most of their time guarding the Georgia coast. However, sometime in May, after the new 47th was organized, they were ordered to Charleston, South Carolina. They fought in their first engagement of the Battle of Secessionville on June 10, 1862, at James Island, where forty out of seventy men were killed or wounded.

They then served in

Missionary Ridge and Chickamauga before returning to the East to defend Savannah, Georgia

.

In 1865, the 47th Infantry participated in the

William T. Sherman

on April 26, 1865, and were paroled.

The field officers during the war were

Lieutenant Colonels Joseph S. Cone and William S. Phillips, and Major

James G. Cone.