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28th Georgia Infantry

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Company Unknown

Private

Enrolled August 1861; died April 1862 Typhoid Fever.
Contributor Arthur DykesDate added 8/30/2010

Company Unknown

Colonel

No family notes have been added.
Contributor James Allen KnechtmannDate added 3/29/2004

Company A

Private

J.G. Joiner, Nephew of Jesse G. Joiner. Please dont confuse these two men as the same person. J.G. enlisted on the same date as Jesse G. Sep 10th 1861. they both served for the duration of the war.
Contributor Gabriel D. JoinerDate added 7/14/2010

Company A

Private

Jesse G. Joiner. Served from 1861, to the end of the war. Jesse G. was wounded in the leg in Olustee, FL., and was present in every battel CO.A. was involved in. Jesse G. Joiner IS my Great-Great-Great-Grandfather.
Contributor Gabriel D joinerDate added 7/14/2010

Company A

Private

William J. Jones (1827-1881)enlisted in Tennille, Georgia on March 12th,1862. He was a private in the 'Irwin Volunteers' of Washington County,Georgia. Medical records state he entered Chimborazo Hospital in Richmond,Virginia in June 1862 for treatment of a thigh injury. William received a medical discharge from Confederate service in September 1862 and returned to Georgia.
Contributor Clayton E. JonesDate added 6/19/2007

Company A

Private

My GGGgrandfather was a Private Co A,28 Reg't Infantry Ga Enlisted Sept 10 1861-Camp Stephens,Griffin,Ga by Major Calhoun.He died Sept 17 1862 in a hospital near Richmond Va of disease -trying to find records of where he is buried.
Contributor paulaDate added 4/18/2014

Company A

Private

I have no other information on this person.
Contributor Sukochi LeeDate added 1/15/2009

Company B

Private

William O. Hale and his son John J. Hale enlisted in 1861 in Washington, Ga. with Co B John was killed in 1862 in Virginia. William O. surrendered in Goldsboro, N.C. in 1865. He later moved to Emanuel, County ga. He is listed in Midville, Burke, county ga in the 1870 census(although he lived in emanuel county. I believe he died in 1870 or 1871. HIs father, Eliphalet Hale, moved from Newberry, Mass to warrenton, ga. in 1813.William was born there in 1820. I am trying to locate his grave or any other information. I
Contributor Joe HaileDate added 3/10/2011

Company B

Private

Angus Alexander (Pvt. A.A.) Morrison was my GGgrandfather, enlisted in 1862, wounded at Battle of Bentonville in March 1865.
Contributor Bruce MorrisonDate added 10/19/2006

Company B

Private

My great great grandfather....
Contributor Dianne SullivanDate added 5/9/2013

Company C

Rank unknown

No family notes have been added.
Contributor Bill MaddoxHomepage bmaddoxDate added 9/22/2007

Company D

1st Lieutenant

Are there any known images of the 28th?
Contributor Robert BaileyDate added 7/5/2012

Company D

Private

died Sept. 17, 1862 at Battle Of Sharpsburg
Contributor Cindy CookDate added 8/14/2008

Company E

Private

Enlisted Sep 10, 1861. Killed at Petersburg, VA July 30, 1864. My Great - Uncle.
Contributor Howard E. EubanksDate added 7/25/2017

Company E

Private

Enlisted March 4,1862 at Greenville, GA. June 3,1862 admitted to Chimborazo Hospital #4 in Richmond, VA. Died June 28,1862 from Typhoid Fever and is buried in a numbered grave in Oakwood Cemetery in Richmond,Va. He died the same month his youngest daughter, Virginia was born. Virginia was my Great Grandmother.
Contributor Mike HannersDate added 8/11/2007

Company E

Private

Died from dysentery and pneumonia while in CSA General Hospital, Richmond, Virginia
Contributor Bob ConnerHomepage http://trees.ancestry.com/tree/24485855/family?fpid=1749763101Date added 12/18/2011

Company E

Private

No family notes have been added.
Contributor Mark JohnsonDate added 1/17/2006

Company E

Private

No family notes have been added.
Contributor Mark JohnsonDate added 1/17/2006

Company E

Private

No family notes have been added.
Contributor Mark JohnsonDate added 1/17/2006

Company F

Private

JOINED APRIL 1861--CHEROKEE CO,GA ---ARMY OF NO. VIRGINIA---WOUNDED(PERMANENTLY DISABLED) AT BATTLE OF OLUSTEE(OCEAN POND) FLA 1864----HIS FATHER GEORGE P. MCCRAW AND BROTHER ANDREW WERE ALSO IN THE REGIMENT. A PICTURE OF MY GRANDFATHER IS LOCATED ON THE 28TH GA REENACTORS WEB SITE----
Contributor S W CAMPDate added 12/17/2009

Company F

3rd Sergeant

July 22, 1861. Discharged from Chimborazo Hospital #4, at Richmond, Virginia, August 7, 1862. Died August 1862.
Contributor Charles WhiteHomepage http://www.treeofwhites.comDate added 12/27/2007

Company G

Private

Enlisting on September 14, 1863, joining Company G, 28 Battalion, Georgia Siege Artillery, Maj A. Bonaud (Bonauds Battalion), under the command of Capt. John D. Godwin. Died in Camp Beauregard, Lake City FL Feb 1864 near the on-set of the Battle of Ocean Pond / Battle of Olustee. The enlistment description states: Height: 5' 9' tall Hair: Black Eyes: Dark Complexion: Fair Died of disease
Contributor Ray BooneDate added 1/7/2017

Company G

Private

Enlisted 12 Aug 1861. Was captured Nov 17, 1864 & held as a POW until June 19, 1865, when he took the oath of allegiance & was released at Point Lookout, MD He was aka Jerry Saylors, J J Sailor. Lived at TN Confederate Soldiers Home for the last few years of his life while on pension for his war efforts. Died 1919 & buried in the cemetery which is on the same property as the home. Name was different on the headstone than the death cert. His family lived in Resaca, Gordon County, GA
Contributor Kit Kolenda (Sailor)Date added 2/7/2013

Company H

Private

No family notes have been added.
Contributor Jim GilmerDate added 8/2/2010

Company H

2nd Lieutenant

He died 6/13/1862 in Virginia (Richmond) of his battle wounds. He was originally buried in Virginia, and after the Civil War, he was moved to the Hart Family Cemetery, Georgia (Washington County).
Contributor MargieDate added 1/9/2005

Company I

Corporal

Enlisted as a Private on June 14,1861 with Co C, 20th Infantry Reg. Georgia. Transferred to Co I, 28th Infantry Reg. Georgia January 3,1862. Promoted to Full Corporal on January 15, 1863.POW on April 3,1865 at Richmond,VA.Paroled on April 28,1865. There is a granite marker in Johnson Methodist Church, Warrenton, GA marked 'Aaron J Adkins Co I 28 GA INF CSA'
Contributor George NorrisDate added 12/17/2005

Company I

3rd Sergeant

No family notes have been added.
Contributor WalterDate added 12/14/2009

Company K

Private

U.S. Civil War Soldiers, 1861-1865 about Francis Grimes Name: Francis Grimes Side: Confederate Regiment State/Origin: Georgia Regiment Name: 28 Georgia Infantry Regiment Name Expanded: 28th Regiment, Georgia Infantry Company: K Rank In: Private Rank In Expanded: Private Rank Out: Private Rank Out Expanded: Private Film Number: M226 roll 25
Contributor JoyceBallardDate added 11/9/2014

Company K

Rank unknown

Daniel was killed by a Yankee sharpshooter in a battle around Richmond in 1864. The story is he and his brother John Malcolm were crouched in a trench. Daniel kept standing up to shoot even though John told him he would be killed. His spoke his last words, 'I want to get one more damn yankee', then he was shot and killed. He is buried in the Hollywood Cemetery in Richmond, VA.
Contributor J.E.B. TrammellDate added 8/6/2011

Company K

Private

Fought with his brothers, Daniel and Wiley.
Contributor J.E.B. TrammellDate added 8/6/2011

Company K

Private

No family notes have been added.
Contributor Robert S HenryDate added 7/27/2009

Company K

Rank unknown

No family notes have been added.
Contributor Dolores BryantDate added 10/12/2006

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