Hayes Lowe
1st Conf. Inf. Regiment
Thu Aug 2 20:50:24 2001


Alan, I think that you may have missed one of my posts in this thread. The 1st Conf. Infantry Regt. is indeed the same as the 1st Ga. Conf. Regt. Here is what Dr. Jones’ site says:
“1ST CONFEDERATE INFANTRY REGIMENT
The 1st Confederate Infantry [aka: 1st Georgia Confederate Regiment] was organized in the fall, 1861, with men from Georgia, Mississippi, Florida, and Alabama. It was formerly the 36th Georgia (Villepigue's) Infantry. The regiment was involved in the bombardment of Pensacola, then it was assigned to H. R. Jackson's and, in 1865, to R. H. Henderson's Brigade, Army of Tennessee. It participated in the campaigns of that army from Chickamauga to Atlanta, moved with Hood into Tennessee, and ended the war in North Carolina. In the fight at Chickamauga, it lost 46% of the 181 engaged, and totalled 138 men and 108 arms in December 1863. Many of these were disabled in Tennessee, and only a handful surrendered in April 1865. “

This fits well with the O.R. Record of Events for the 1st Confederate Infantry Regiment.

The O.R. Record of Events clearly states that the 63rd was made up of both Sr. and Jr. Reserves, according to the surviving records. [No such statement is made in the O.R. Record of Event about the 62nd, by the way.] However, this may have been early on, and the situation may have been changed later. But, the time period that we are examining for H.T. Hankins is early to mid 1864. I got the impression from the record that the companies were not mixed as to Jr. and Sr., that is one company may have been entirely Sr., and another entirely Jr.