1st Confederate Infantry Regiment

Infantry regiment of the Confederate States Army June 2026 June 2026 1st Confederate Infantry Battalion 1st Confederate Infantry Regiment 1861–1865 May 2, 1865 Confederate States 1865 Confederate States Army Infantry Regiment American Civil War Battle of Pensacola Battle of Chickamauga Battle of Franklin Carolinas Campaign Battles John Bordenave Villepigue The 1st Confederate Infantry Regiment was an infantry unit of the Confederate States Army in the American Civil War. Formed from a group of Georgia and Mississippi volunteers assembled during the Battle of Pensacola in 1861, the regiment was given a "Confederate" designation as it contained soldiers from multiple states. The 1st Confederate fought in numerous battles of the western theater before surrendering in North Carolina in 1865. History At the outbreak of the secession crisis, numerous Southern states sent volunteer companies to Pensacola, Florida and laid siege to the federal forts located there.Bearss Edwin C. Civil War Operations in and around Pensacola The Florida Historical Quarterly October 1957 36 2 125-165 30139783 https://www.jstor.org/stable/30139783 20 June 2026 The 36th Georgia Infantry Regiment was organized from a group of Georgia and Mississippi companies in April 1861,Rowland Dunbar. 1908 The Official and Statistical Register of the State of Mississippi, Volume 2 https://books.google.com/books?id=BCYLAAAAMAAJ Mississippi Department of Archives and History 530 and was led by John Bordenave Villepigue, a graduate of West Point. During the long siege, Villepigue's regiment occupied Fort McRee, which had been abandoned by federal troops, and the men were subjected to a heavy federal bombardment on November 22, 1861.United States War Department 1895 The War of the Rebellion: A Compilation of the Official Records of the Union and Confederate Armies, Volume 6, Serial 6 https://ehistory.osu.edu/books/official-records/006/0490 Washington DC Government Printing Office 490 The Confederates would later abandon Pensacola in May, 1862. In late January 1862 Colonel Villepigue was promoted to chief of artillery on General Braxton Bragg's staff, and the name of the regiment was changed to the 1st Confederate Infantry.United States War Department 1895 The War of the Rebellion: A Compilation of the Official Records of the Union and Confederate Armies, Volume 6, Serial 6 https://ehistory.osu.edu/books/official-records/006/0816 Washington DC Government Printing Office 816United States War Department 1895 The War of the Rebellion: A Compilation of the Official Records of the Union and Confederate Armies, Volume 52, Serial 110 https://ehistory.osu.edu/books/official-records/110/0262 Washington DC Government Printing Office 262 Two companies from the 26th Tennessee Infantry were attached to the regiment on November 8, 1862.Henderson Lillian Roster of the Confederate Soldiers of Georgia 1861 - 1865 Hapeville, GA Longino & Porter 104,112 As the men were familiar with artillery from their time in Pensacola, in the summer and fall of 1863 a detachment of the regiment was assigned to man the guns of Fort Gaines in Mobile Bay.United States War Department 1895 The War of the Rebellion: A Compilation of the Official Records of the Union and Confederate Armies, Volume 26, Serial 42 https://ehistory.osu.edu/books/official-records/042/0157 Washington DC Government Printing Office 157United States War Department 1895 The War of the Rebellion: A Compilation of the Official Records of the Union and Confederate Armies, Volume 30, Serial 53 https://ehistory.osu.edu/books/official-records/053/0006 Washington DC Government Printing Office 6 Assigned to the brigade of General John K. Jackson, in the Battle of Chickamagua on September 18-20, 1863 the regiment lost 10 killed and 73 wounded of the 167 men engaged.United States War Department 1895 The War of the Rebellion: A Compilation of the Official Records of the Union and Confederate Armies, Volume 30, Serial 51 https://ehistory.osu.edu/books/official-records/051/0087 Washington DC Government Printing Office 87United States War Department 1895 The War of the Rebellion: A Compilation of the Official Records of the Union and Confederate Armies, Volume 30, Serial 51 https://ehistory.osu.edu/books/official-records/051/0088 Washington DC Government Printing Office 88 After the regiment moved into Tennessee in September 1863, Captain J. R. Rhodes was executed for encouraging desertions from the regiment and embezzling money from substitutes. Lieutenant Colonel Jacob W. Aderhold was found to be involved in the same offenses and demoted to the ranks.United States War Department 1895 The War of the Rebellion: A Compilation of the Official Records of the Union and Confederate Armies, Volume 30, Serial 52 https://ehistory.osu.edu/books/official-records/052/0441 Washington DC Government Printing Office 441 During the Franklin-Nashville Campaign in Tennessee, the 1st Confederate took part in the disastrous assault on the fortified Union lines at the Battle of Franklin on November 30, 1864, and commander of the regiment George A. Smith was killed.United States War Department 1895 The War of the Rebellion: A Compilation of the Official Records of the Union and Confederate Armies, Volume 45, Serial 93 https://ehistory.osu.edu/books/official-records/093/0686 Washington DC Government Printing Office 686 Lieutenant Colonel James C. Gordon then took command of the regiment, alongside the 66th Georgia.United States War Department 1895 The War of the Rebellion: A Compilation of the Official Records of the Union and Confederate Armies, Volume 45, Serial 93 https://ehistory.osu.edu/books/official-records/093/0668 Washington DC Government Printing Office 688 During the 1865 Carolinas Campaign, the 1st Confederate was consolidated with the remnants of the 25th, 29th, 30th, and 66th Georgia Infantry Regiments, as well as the 1st Georgia Sharpshooter Battalion.Evans Clement 1899 Confederate Military History, Volume VI https://www.google.com/books/edition/Confederate_Military_History_Georgia/gH9hZEQOBFEC Confederate Publishing Company 115 This consolidated unit was with the army of General Joseph E. Johnston when his forces surrendered in North Carolina at the close of the war in May, 1865.United States War Department 1895 The War of the Rebellion: A Compilation of the Official Records of the Union and Confederate Armies, Volume 47, Serial 100 https://ehistory.osu.edu/books/official-records/100/0734 Washington DC Government Printing Office 734 Name This regiment was first designated as the 36th Georgia Infantry at the time of the siege of Pensacola in April 1861.Henderson Lillian Roster of the Confederate Soldiers of Georgia 1861 - 1865 Hapeville, GA Longino & Porter 28 In late January 1862, the name was changed to the 1st Confederate Infantry in recognition that soldiers from multiple states were serving together in one unit. Another unrelated regiment, led by Colonel Charles E. Broyles, was later given the 36th Georgia designation.36th Regiment, Georgia Infantry (Broyles') https://www.nps.gov/civilwar/search-battle-units-detail.htm?battleUnitCode=CGA0036RI01 National Park Service 20 June 2026 In the Official Records of the Union and Confederate Armies, the 1st Confederate Regiment is sometimes referred to as the "First Georgia Infantry (Confederate)" or "First (Confederate) Regiment Georgia Volunteers", which is similar to the names of three other unrelated units: the 1st Georgia Regulars, the 1st Georgia Volunteer Infantry led by Colonel Charles H. Olmstead, and another 1st Georgia Volunteer Infantry led by Colonel James N. Ramsey.Henderson Lillian Roster of the Confederate Soldiers of Georgia 1861 - 1865 Hapeville, GA Longino & Porter 113,226 Commanding officers Commanding officers of the 1st Confederate Infantry:Estes Claud 1912 List of Regiments and Battalions in the Confederate States Army, 1861-1865 https://www.google.com/books/edition/List_of_Field_Officers_Regiments_and_Bat/eBUTAAAAYAAJ Macon, Georgia J. W. Burke Company 12 Col. John Bordenave Villepigue, promoted to brigadier general Col. George A. Smith, killed at Franklin, 1864. Lt. Col. Jacob W. Aderhold, demoted to the ranks September 1863. Lt. Col. James C. Gordon See also List of Confederate units from Georgia in the American Civil War List of Confederate Government units in the American Civil War References 30em American Civil War Category:1861 establishments in Florida Category:1865 disestablishments in North Carolina Category:Military units and formations established in 1861 Category:Military units and formations disestablished in 1865 Category:Units and formations of the Confederate States Army from Georgia (U.S. state)