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The 18th Georgia Volunteer Infantry was an infantry regiment in the Confederate States Army during the American Civil War. Originally brigaded with the three Texas regiments of John Bell Hood's Texas Brigade, it was transferred to Thomas R.R. Cobb's Georgia Brigade after the Battle of Antietam in late 1862. After General Cobb was mortally wounded at Battle of Fredericksburg, the original colonel of the 18th Georgia, William T. Wofford, became Brigadier General of the Georgia Brigade. ==Organization== The regiment was organized at Camp Brown, Cobb County, Georgia on April 22, 1861 under a special act of the Georgia legislature and was originally designated First Regiment, Fourth Brigade, State Troops under the following officers: Colonel William T. Wofford of Cass County; Lieutenant Colonel Solon Z. Ruff of the Georgia Military Institute, Cobb County; Major Jefferson Johnson, Floyd County; Adjutant John C. Griffin, Cobb County. Transferring to Camp MacDonald at Big Shanty (Kennesaw), the regiment drilled for two months after which the "Fourth Brigade" was broken up and sent north on August 2, 1862.〔Folsom, pgs 12-13〕 The 18th Georgia was composed of ten companies, mostly from central counties in Georgia. * Company A: Cobb County — "Acworth Infantry" * Company B: Newton County — "Newton Rifles" * Company C: Jackson County — "Jackson County Volunteers" * Company D: Dougherty County — "Davis Invincibles" * Company E: Gordon County — "Stephens Infantry" * Company F: Bartow County — "Davis Guards" * Company G: Bartow County — "Lewis Volunteers" * Company H: Bartow County — "Rowland Highlanders" * Company I: Dooly County — "Dooly Light Infantry" * Company K: Bartow County — "Rowland Infantry" 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「18th Georgia Volunteer Infantry」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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