15th Georgia Infantry Regiment
Brief History

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ORGANIZATIONAL HISTORY:

• Organized on 15 July, 1861
• Toombs' Brigade, 2nd Corps, Army of the Potomac (Sep - Oct 1861)
• Toombs' Brigade, 2nd Corps, Potomac District, Dept of Northern Virginia (Oct 1861 - Jan 1862)
• Toombs' Brigade, Toombs' - D.R. Jones' Division, Magruder's Command, Army of Northern VA (Apr - Jul 1862)
• Toombs' Brigade, D.R. Jones' Division, 1st Corps, Army of Northern VA (Jul - Oct 1862)
• Toombs' Brigade, Hood's Division, 1st Corps, Department of North Carolina and Southern Virginia (Oct 1862 - Feb 1863)
• Toombs'-Benning's Brigade, Hood's Division, Dept. of North Carolina and Southern Virginia (Feb - Apr 1863)
• Benning's Brigade, Hood's Division, Dept. of Southern Virginia (Apr - May 1863)
• Benning's Brigade, Hood's Division, 1st Corps, Army of Northern VA (May - Sep 1863)
• Benning's Brigade, Hood's Division, Longstreet's Corps, Army of Tennessee (Sep - Nov 1863)
• Benning's Brigade, Hood's-Field's Division, Dept. of East Tennessee ( Nov 1863 - Apr 1864)
• Benning's Brigade, Field's Division, 1st Corps, Army of Northern VA (Apr 1864 - Apr 1865)
• Surrendered at Appomattox Court House, Virginia on 9 April 1865.
  
  First Commander: Thomas W. Thomas (Colonel)
  Field Officers: Dudley M. DuBose (Colonel)
  Stephen Z. Hearnsberger (Lieutenant Colonel)
  William M. McIntosh (Major, Lieutenant Colonel, Colonel)
  William T. Millican (Lieutenant Colonel, Colonel)
  Peter J. Shannon (Major)
  Joseph T. Smith (Major)
  Theophilus J. Smith (Major, Lieutenant Colonel)
  Linton Stephens (Lieutenant Colonel).

SERVICE:

• Yorktown Siege (Apr 1862)
• Seven Days Battles (25 Jun - 1 July 1862)
  - Garnett's and Golding's Farms (27 - 28 Jun 1862)
  - Malvern Hill (1 Jul 1862)
• Thoroughfare Gap (28 Aug 1862)
• 2nd Bull Run (28 - 30 Aug 1862)
• Antietam (17 Sep 1862)
• Fredericksburg (13 Dec 1862)
• Suffolk Campaign (Apr - May 1863
• Gettysburg (1 - 3 Jul 1863)
• Chickamauga (19 - 20 Sep 1863)
• Chattanooga Siege ( Sep - Nov 1863)
• Knoxville Siege (Nov - Dec 1863)
• The Wilderness (5 - 6 May 1864)
• Spotsylvania Court House (8 - 21 May 1864)
• North Anna (23 - 26 May 1864)
• Cold Harbor (1 - 3 Jun 1864)
• Petersburg Siege (Jun 1864 - Apr 1865)
  - Chaffin's Farm (29 Sep 1864)
  - Fort Harrison (29 - 30 Sep 1864)
  - Fort Gilmer ( 29 - 30 Sep 1864)
  - Williamsburg Road (27 Oct 1864)
  - Appomattox Court House ( 9 Apr 1865)

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