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Georgia 8th Infantry (Confederate)

Muster
  • Muster In Date:1/06/1861
  • Muster Out Date:9/04/1865
Other
  • Leaders:
    • Brigadier General States Rights Gist
    • Lieutenant Colonel Zachariah L. Watters
    • Major General William H.T. Walker
battles
Name
Start Date
End Date
Duration
Place
Siege of Suffolk11/04/18634/05/186323 day(s)Suffolk, Virginia
Chaffin's Farm20/09/186430/09/186410 day(s)Henrico County, Virginia
Malvern Hill1/07/18621/07/1862< 1 dayHenrico County, Virginia
Gettysburg1/07/18633/07/18632 day(s)Gettysburg, Pennsylvania
Thoroughfare Gap28/08/186228/08/1862< 1 dayFauquier County, Virginia; Prince William County, Virginia
Siege of Yorktown (1862)5/04/18624/05/186229 day(s)York County, Virginia; Newport News, Virginia
Antietam17/09/186217/09/1862< 1 daySharpsburg, Maryland
Mechanicsville26/06/186226/06/1862< 1 dayHanover Couunty, Virginia
Fredericksburg13/12/186213/12/1862< 1 dayFredericksburg, Virginia
Seven Pines31/05/18621/06/18621 day(s)Henrico County, Virginia
Cold Harbor31/05/186412/06/186412 day(s)Hanover County; near Mechanicsville, Virginia
First Bull Run21/07/186121/07/1861< 1 dayFairfax County, Virginia; Prince William County, Virginia
Chickamauga19/09/186320/09/18631 day(s)Catoosa County, Georgia; Walker County, Georgia
Nashville15/12/186416/12/18641 day(s)Nashville, Tennessee
Spotsylvania Court House8/05/186421/05/186413 day(s)Spotsylvania County, Virginia
Appomattox Court House9/04/18659/04/1865< 1 dayAppomattox Court House, Virginia
Wilderness5/05/18647/05/18642 day(s)Spotsylvania County, Virginia; Orange County, Virginia
Second Deep Bottom14/08/186420/08/18646 day(s)Henrico County, Virginia
Marietta6/06/18643/07/186427 day(s)Cobb County, Georgia
Second Bull Run28/08/186230/08/18622 day(s)Prince William County, Virginia
Jonesborough31/08/18641/09/18641 day(s)Clayton County, Georgia
Gaines' Mill27/06/186227/06/1862< 1 dayHanover County, Virginia
Darbytown and New Market Roads7/10/18647/10/1864< 1 dayHenrico County, Virginia
Atlanta22/07/186422/07/1864< 1 dayFulton County, Georgia; DeKalb County, Georgia
Peachtree Creek20/07/186420/07/1864< 1 dayFulton County, Georgia
Darbytown Road, Virginia10/12/186410/12/1864< 1 dayDarbytown Road, Virginia
Mechanicsville, Virginia26/06/186226/06/1862< 1 dayMechanicsville, Virginia
Suffolk, Virginia17/04/186317/04/1863< 1 daySuffolk, Virginia
Front Royal, Virginia21/09/186421/09/1864< 1 dayFront Royal, Virginia
Malvern Hill, Virginia5/08/18625/08/1862< 1 dayMalvern Hill, Virginia
Macon, Georgia20/04/186520/04/1865< 1 dayMacon, Georgia
Fort Harrison, Virginia30/09/186430/09/1864< 1 dayFort Harrison, Virginia

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