In honor and remembrance of the ancestors who served with this regiment, lest they be forgotten, this regimental history is dedicated to:
William Alford Hall a third cousin three times removed was born in 1843 in Georgia the son of William Anderson Hall and Edny Paulk. William married Permelia Van Landingham who was born in 1843. William enlisted in Company F on 4 March 1862, was captured at Gettysburg on 2 July 1863 and died at Ft. Delaware Prison, DL 30 August 1863. He was 20 years of age. National Archives Microfilm Box, Roll, and Record: 000226, 0025, 00003659
The first officers of the Forty-eighth regiment Georgia volunteers were:Col. William Gibson, Lieut.-Col. R. W. Carswell, Maj. J. R. Whitehead, Adjt. Julian Cumming; Capts. (A) A. Kelley (killed), (B) M. R. Hall, (c) H. J. Dortic (killed), (D) John A. Harlow (killed), (E) T. H. Polhill (killed), (F) Thomas W. Kent, (G) Ulysses A. Rice, (H) Neill McLeod, (I) R. J. Wilson, (K) T. J. Hamilton. This regiment was assigned to the army of Northern Virginia in the spring of 1862. It was engaged in the campaigns of the Peninsula, Seven Days' before Richmond, Northern Virginia and Maryland, Fredericksburg, Chancellorsville and Gettysburg, and in the long continued campaign against Grant from the spring of 1864 to the closing scene at Appomattox, April 9, 1865. The successors to the officers at the organization were: Col. M. R. Hall, successively major, lieutenant-colonel and colonel, Adjt. T. H. Gibson, Capts. (c) L. G. Doughty (killed) and J. K. Evans, (D) U. L. Skinner, (E) R. W. Carswell and W. J. Smith, (G) T. J. Robertson, (H) A. C. Flanders, (K) D. T. Wilson.
Organization of the Companies of the 48th Regiment
Company A Glascock County men-Gibson Guards/Gibson Volunteers
Company B: Warren County men-Warren infantry
Company C: Richmond County men-Georgia Light Guards
Company D: Burke County men-Burke Volunteers
Company E: Jefferson County men-Jefferson Volunteers
Company F: Johnson County men battleground, Guards
Company G: Twiggs County men-Slappey Guards
Company H: Emanuel County men-Mcleod Volunteers
Company I: Richmond County men-Wilson Tigers
Company K: Columbia County men-Hamilton Rangers
Bibliography-48th Georgia Infantry
Confederate Military History, Extended Edition. Vol. 7: Georgia. Wilmington, NC: Broadfoot, 1987. See pp. 122-23 for a brief unit history.
Crute, Joseph H., Jr. Units of the Confederate States Army. Midlothian, VA: Derwent Books, 1987. Ref. See pp. 110-11 for a concise summary of the regiment's service.
Folsom, James M. Heroes and Martyrs of Georgia: Georgia's Record in the Revolution of 1861. Baltimore, MD: 1995. pp. 81-92 Brief history of unit.
Georgia State Division of Confederate Pensions and Records. Roster of the Confederate Soldiers of Georgia, l86l-l865. Vol. 5. Hapeville, GA: Longino & Porter, 1959. pp. 100-96. Unit roster.
Jones, Charles E. Georgia in the War, 1861-1866. Atlanta, GA: Foot & Davies, 1909. See pp. 31-32 for an incomplete list of unit officers.
Sifakis, Stewart. Compendium of the Confederate Armies:...Georgia. NY: Facts on File, 1995. pp. 261-62
Zwemer, John. For Home and the Southland MD. Butternut & Blue. A unit history of the 48th Georgia.
The following manuscripts may be found in the US Military History Institute Archives:
Binion, Dorsey W. - CWMiscColl & MusickColl
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