Publisher's Synopsis
The 1st Confederate Infantry Regiment was originally known as 1st Villepigue's Independent Battalion and the 36th Regiment Georgia Infantry (Villepigue's.) Designation was changed to the 1st Confederate Regiment Infantry and it was also known as the 1st Confederate Regiment Georgia Infantry. It was formed in November of 1861 from men of the 1st Georgia Infantry Battalion.John B. Villepigue was Major and Lieutenant Colonel of the 1st Battalion Georgia Infantry; Colonel of the 36th (Villepigue's, ) Georgia Infantry and Colonel of the 1st Regiment Confederate Infantry. 1st Company F of this regiment became the Washington Light Artillery of Augusta.Men who made up this regiment were from Georgia, Mississippi, Florida, and Alabama. Many of the men were from Bartow, Floyd and Cobb Counties in Georgia and ended up fighting in their own homes, defending their own families in the Atlanta Campaign.Companies-Company A Independent Volunteers - Bibb County, Ga. -Company B - Catoosa County, Georgia - Ringgold Volunteers -Company C - Bibb County, Georgia - Brown Infantry-2nd Company C - Fulton County, Georgia-1st Company D - Fulton County, Georgia-2nd Company D - Catoosa And Walker Counties, Georgia-1st Company E - Bartow County, GeorgiaEtowah Infantry-2nd Company E - Bartow County, Georgia-1st Company F - Richmond County, Georgia-2nd Company F - Cobb County, GeorgiaPower Springs Guards-1st Company G - Floyd County, Georgia-2nd Company G Floyd County, Georgia-1st Company H-2nd Company H-2nd Company I - Catoosa County-2nd Company K
