Allegiance Georgia | Type Infantry | |
Active July 15, 1861–April 1865 Country Confederate States of America Branch Confederate States Army Engagements American Civil War
Battle of Yorktown
Seven Days Battles
Battle of Garnett's & Golding's Farm
Battle of Malvern Hill
Battle of Thoroughfare Gap
Second Battle of Bull Run
Battle of Antietam
Battle of Fredericksburg
Suffolk Campaign
Battle of Gettysburg
Battle of Chickamauga
Chattanooga Campaign
Knoxville Campaign
Battle of the Wilderness
Battle of Spotsylvania Courthouse
Battle of North Anna
Battle of Cold Harbor
Siege of Petersburg
Battle of Chaffin's Farm
Battle of Fair Oaks & Darbytown Road
Battle of Appomattox Courthouse | ||
The 15th Georgia Infantry Regiment was an infantry regiment in the Confederate States Army during the American Civil War. It participated in most of the key battles of Robert E. Lee's Army of Northern Virginia.
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The 15th Georgia was organized in the spring of 1861, in Athens, Georgia. It contained troops from eight counties in Northeastern Georgia: Hancock, Stephens, Elbert, Lamar, Warren, Wilkes, Taliaferro, and Oglethorpe counties. It was initially attached to General Robert Toombs' Brigade in David Jones' Division of the Army of Northern Virginia. Under Toombs, the 15th Georgia fought in the Seven Days Battles, the Battle of Thoroughfare Gap, the Second Battle of Bull Run, and the Battle of Antietam. After this point, the brigade was under the command of Colonel (later General) Henry Benning. The 15th Georgia served with the Army of Northern Virginia for the remainder of the war, except when it detached with General Longstreet during the Tidewater Campaign, the Battle of Chickamauga, and the Knoxville Campaign of 1863. The 15th Georgia was present at the Battle of Appomattox Courthouse and the subsequent surrender. Twenty officers and 226 men of the 15th Georgia Infantry were present at the surrender.