The Georgia 48th Infantry Regiment completed its organization at Macon, Georgia, during the winter of 1861-1862. Ordered to Virginia, the 48th was brigaded under Generals Ripley, A.R. Wright, and Sorrel. It served on many battlefields of the Army of Northern Virginia from the Seven Days' Battles to Cold Harbor, then was involved in the long Petersburg siege south of the James River and the Appomattox Campaign.
The 48th reported 33 casualties at Mechanicsville, 44 at Malvern Hill, 61 at Second Manassas, and 72 at Chancellorsville. It lost more than fifty-five percent of the 395 at Gettysburg, and there were 32 disabled at Manassas Gap. On April 9, 1865, it surrendered 13 officers and 193 men.
Companies Of The GA 48th Infantry Regiment
(Company A) Gibson Guards (Glascock County)
(Company B) Warren Infantry (Warren County)
(Company C) Georgia Light Guards (Richmond County)
(Company D) Burke Volunteers (Burke County)
(Company E) Jefferson Volunteers (Jefferson County)
(Company F) Battle Ground Guards (Johnson County)
(Company G) Slappey Guards (Twiggs County)
(Company H) McLeod Volunteers (Emanuel County)
(Company I) Wilson Tigers (Richmond County)
(Company I) Mountaineer Riflemen
(Company K) Hamilton Rangers (Columbia County)