CONFEDERATE GEORGIA TROOPS
28th Battalion, Georgia Siege Artillery
- Overview:
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28th Artillery Battalion was organized at Savannah, Georgia, during the summer of 1863
with nine companies, later reduced to seven. All of its companies had seen prior heavy artillery
service. It was assigned to the Department of South Carolina, Georgia, and Florida, and took an
active part in the fight at Olustee.
In the spring of 1864 the unit was sent north as infantry. Companies F and H were assigned to
Finegan's Brigade, Army of Northern Virginia, and five companies to Elliot's, then J.C. Fiser's
Brigade, Army of Tennessee. Companies F and H were involved in the Petersburg siege south of the James River
and the Appomattox Campaign
and surrendered with no officers and 7 men. The other five companies served at Savannah and in
the North Carolina Campaign. They surrendered on April 26, 1865. Major A. Bonaud was in
command.
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