Paulding-Bartow County GaArchives Military Records.....Sinyard, Ransom Civilwar Co. A, 40th Regiment ************************************************ Copyright. All rights reserved. http://www.usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm http://www.usgwarchives.net/ga/gafiles.htm ************************************************ File contributed for use in USGenWeb Archives by: Judy Estes estesrn@bellsouth.net April 7, 2010, 1:29 pm Military Muster Roll of Company A, 40th Regiment, Georgia Volunteer Infantry, Army of Tennessee, CSA, Paulding Co., Georgia. Company A, 40th Infantry Regiment was organized during the fall of 1861 and raised its companies in Bartow, Calhoun, Gordan, Whitfield, Paulding and Haralson counties. It moved to Tennessee, then Mississippi and was placed in Barton's Brigade, Department of Mississippi and East Louisiana. The 40th participated in the conflicts at Chickasaw Bayou and Champion's Hill and was part of the garrison surrendered at Vicksburg on July 04, 1863. After being exchanged it was attached to General Stovall's Brigade, Army of Tennessee, served on many battlefields from Chattanooga to Nashville, and ended the war in North Carolina. The regiment reported 36 casualties at Chattanooga, totaled 223 men and 105 arms in December 1863, and had effectives in November 1864. It surrendered on April 26, 1865. The field officers were Colonel Abda Johnson, Lieutenant Colonel Robert M. young and Major Raleigh S. Camp. Source: Film # M226, Roll 55 CSA Troops. File at: http://files.usgwarchives.net/ga/paulding/military/civilwar/other/sinyard1076mt.txt This file has been created by a form at http://www.poppet.org/gafiles/ File size: 1.7 Kb