The 44th Georgia Infantry Regiment was an

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History

The 44th Georgia Volunteer Infantry Regiment was entered into service in the Confederate States Army on March 11, 1862, at Camp Stephens near

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. The regiment consisted of the following 10

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: * Company A- Weems' Guards, Henry County,

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* Company B- Jasper Volunteers,

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* Company C- Johnson Guards,

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* Company D- Estes Guards,

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* Company E- Freeman Volunteers,

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* Company F- Putnam Volunteers,

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* Company G- Huie Guards,

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* Company H- The Pike County Volunteers,

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* Company I- Morgan and Henry Volunteers, Henry County and

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* Company K- The Greene County Volunteers,

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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)

References

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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. Units and formations of the Confederate States Army from Georgia (U.S. state) 1862 establishments in Georgia (U.S. state)

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