of the units we portray
More detailed information can be found at the following locations on this webpage.
2nd Battalion Georgia Sharpshooters
64th Illinois, Yates' Sharpshooters, Co A & B
2nd Battalion Georgia Sharpshooters
Company A
Company A was originally Company M of the 5th Georgia Volunteer Infantry
and was raised in Bibb County in the Macon area.
5th Georgia Service
5th Georgia Infantry Battle Flag
Organized May 11, 1861
Assigned to Pensacola, Florida from September - October 1861
Battle of Santa Rosa Island - October 9, 1861
Department of Alabama and West Florida from October 1861 - March 1862
Corinth Campaign from April - June 1862
B Griffin Light Guard Spaulding
C Irish Volunteers Richmond
D McDuffie Riflemen Warren
E Dawson Volunteers Terrell
F Cuthbert Rifles Randolph
G Schley Guards Schley
H Hardee Rifles Decauter
I Georgia Greys Muscogee
K Upson Guards Upson
L (1) --------------- Bibb
M (2) --------------- Bibb
N (3) ---------------- Richmond and Clarke
2 Became Company A 2nd Georgia sharpshooters
3. Became Company D 2nd Georgia Sharpshooters
transferred as Co K, 58th Alabama Infantry
Organized into Company A, 2nd Battalion, GA Sharpshooters on July 18, 1862
Company Commander - Captain Richard H. Whiteley
Formed in the summer of 1862, 2nd Battalion consisted of six companies under the command of Major J. J. Cox. The men were from various sections of the state and many had seen prior service.
It was assigned to General J.K. Jackson's Brigade fighting with distinction at Murfreesboro, Chickamauga and Missionary Ridge. Later, the battalion was brigaded under General Gist taking an active part in the Atlanta Campaign, Franklin, Nashville and the Carolina Campaign.
In December 1862, 152 effectives answered the rolls. At Chickamauga, only 101 were present. During December of 1863, the battalion numbered 80 men and 65 arms. Very few surrendered with the Army of Tennessee at Raleigh/Durham, NC in March of 1865.
Majors J.J. Cox and Richard H. Whiteley commanded.
64th Illinois, 1st Battalion, Yates' Sharpshooters
Company A & B
Organized at Camp Butler, Ill., as a Battalion of 4 Companies, December, 1861.
Two more Companies mustered in December 31, 1861.
Moved to Quincy, Ill., January 10, 1862,
thence to Cairo, Ill., February 15, and to New Madrid, Mo., March 4, 1862.
Attached to Army of Mississippi, unassigned, to April, 1862.
2nd Brigade, 1st Division, Army Mississippi, to May, 1862.
Unattached, Army Mississippi, to November, 1862.
Unattached, District of Corinth, 13th Army Corps (Old), Dept of the Tennessee, to December, 1862.
Unattached, District of Corinth, 17th Army Corps, to January, 1863.
Unattached, District of Corinth, 16th Army Corps, to March, 1863.
Unattached, 2nd Division, 16th Army Corps, to November, 1863.
Fuller's Brigade, 2nd Division, 16th Army Corps, to March, 1864.
1st Brigade, 4th Division, 16th Army Corps, to September, 1864.
1st Brigade, 1st Division, 17th Army Corps, to July, 1866.
Regiment lost during service 6 Officers and 106 Enlisted men killed and mortally wounded and 2 Officers and 131 Enlisted men by disease.
Total losses were 242.
