Actions & Engagements, Eighth Georgia, Gist Birgade, Civil War

Actions & Engagements

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During the Civil War the Eighth Georgia Battalion participated in a number of various types of engagements during its career.  

  1. Operations Against the Advance of Jackson, Miss., July 5-10, 1863/Siege, Jackson, Miss., July 10-16, 1863/Evacuation, Jackson, Miss., July 16, 1863
  2. Battle, Chickamauga, Ga., Sept 19-21, 1863
  3. Siege, Chattanooga, Tenn., Sept. 24-Nov. 23
  4. Campaign, Chattanooga, Tenn., and Ringgold, Ga., Nov. 23-27, 1863
  5. Assault and Capture, Missionary Ridge, Tenn., Nov. 24-25, 1863
  6. Atlanta Campaign, May 1-Sept. 8, 1864
  7. Demonstration against Rocky Faced Ridge, Ga., May 8-11, 1864
  8. Combat, Buzzard’s Roost Gap (Mill Creek), Ga., May 8-9, 1864
  9. Combats near Casville, Ga., May 18-19, 1864
  10. Operations on the line of Pumpkin Vine Creek and Battles about Dallas, New Hope Church and Allatoona Hills, Ga., May 25-June 5, 1864
  11. Combat, New Hope Church, Ga., May 25, 1864
  12. Operations about Marietta and against Kenesaw Mountain, Ga., June 10-July 2, 1864
  13. Combats about Pine Hill, Ga., June 11-14, 1864
  14. Combats about Lost Mountain, Ga., June 15-17, 1864
  15. Assault, Kenesaw Mountain, Ga., June 27, 1864
  16. Operations on the line of Nickajack Creek, Ga., July 5-17, 1864
  17. Operations on the line of the Chattachoochee River, Ga., July 5-17, 1864
  18. Combat, Howell’s Ferry, Ga., July 5, 1864
  19. Battle, Peach Tree Creek, Ga., July 19-20, 1864
  20. Battle, Atlanta, Ga., July 22, 1864
  21. Siege, Atlanta, Ga., July 23-Aug. 25, 1864
  22. Battle, Jonesborough, Ga., Aug. 31- Sept. 1, 1864
  23. Engagement, Lovejoy Station, Ga., Sept. 2-5, 1864
  24. Hood’s Operations in Northern Georgia and Northern Alabama, Sept. 29-Nov. 3, 1864
  25. Battle, Franklin, Tenn., Nov. 30, 1864
  26. Battle, Nashville, Tenn., Dec. 15-16, 1864
  27. Retreat to the Tennessee River near Bridgeport, Ala., Dec. 17-28, 1864
  28. Campaign of the Carolinas, Jan. 30-April 26, 1865
  29. Battle, Averysborough (Taylor’s Hole Creek), N.C., March 16, 1865
  30. Battle, Bentonville, N.C., March 19-21, 1865
  31. Surrender, Bennett’s House, Durham Station, N.C., April 26, 1865

Nothing has been found in official sources to show how many members of the Eighth Georgia Battalion were still with the unit when it finally laid down its arms in late April, 1865.  Unofficial sources, however, show that fewer than fifty individuals were still with the unit at the end of the Civil War.  By the time Gist Brigade participated in the Battle for Atlanta they had been reinforced by elements of a disbanded brigade composed of the 2nd Battalion of Georgia Sharpshooters and three partial regiments of the 65th GA, 5th and 8th Mississippi.  The end of the Civil War  was fast approaching for the Confederacy and the brigade which had fought so valiantly.

Confederate Troups Dragging Guns UpKenesaw Mountain

Confederate Troups Dragging Guns Up Kenesaw Mountain