The Fourth Alabama Painting by Don Troiani

Second Brigade, Army of the Shenandoah

Private D G Fleming, Company G, 8th Georgia Infantry

Private D G Fleming, Company G, 8th Georgia Infantry

Eighth Georgia Infantry

Mustered in Confederate service in June 1861 and arrived at Manassas Junction in the morning on 20 July, 1861

COLONEL F S BARTOW
Colonel F S Bartow was commanding the Second Brigade, Army of the Shenandoah, on 21 July, 1861.

LIEUTENANT COLONEL W M GARDENER
Lieutenant Colonel W M Gardener was commanding the regiment as Colonel F S Bartow was assigned to command the Second Brigade, Army of the Shenandoah, on 21 July, 1861.

MAJOR T L COOPER

Company A Rome Light Guards: CAPT. E J MAGRUDER
The company was organised at Rome, Georgia, and was ordered to Camp Brown, at the old Smyrna Camp Meeting Ground, four miles south of Marietta, Georgia, with the Cherokee Artillery in April, 1861. The company was ordered to report to Brigadier General W Philips who had been ordered by Governor J E Brown to organise the Fourth Brigade, Georgia Volunteers. The company arrived at Lynchburg, Virginia, on 12 June, 1861.
Company B Oglethorpe Light Infantry, Company A: CAPT. J J WEST
The company was organised at Savannah, Georgia, on 8 January, 1856, and was mustered in Confederate service for the war at Oglethorpe barracks, Georgia, under the command of Captain F S Bartow, on 21 May, 1861, by Major W M Gardner, Confederate States Army.
Company C Macon Guards: CAPT. L M LAMAR
Company D Echols Guards: CAPT. C W HOWARD
The company was ordered to Richmond, Virginia, on 24 May, 1861, and arrived at 4 PM on 27 May, 1861.
Company E Miller Rifles: CAPT. J R TOWERS
The company was organised at Rome, Georgia, and was ordered to Richmond, Virginia, on 29 May, 1861.
Company F Atlanta Greys: CAPT. J T LEWIS
The company arrived at Richmond, Virginia, under the command of Captain T L Cooper, on 24 May, 1861, and encamped Fairfield racecourse, near Richmond, Virginia.
Company G Pulaski Volunteers: CAPT. T D L RYAN
The company was organised at Pulaski, Georgia, and was ordered to Richmond, Virginia, at 3 PM on 23 May, 1861. At Augusta, Georgia, the company was joined by the Butler Van Guards and the Chattahoochee Beauregards and arrived at Richmond, Virginia, at 11 AM on 28 May, 1861. The company was ordered to Hollingsworth Grove, Richmond, Virginia, and was assigned to the 8th Georgia Infantry. The Butler Van Guards and the Chattahoochee Beauregards were assigned to the 10th Georgia Infantry, Company C, and the 6th Georgia Infantry, Company G, respectively.
Company H Floyd Infantry: CAPT. J F COOPER
First Lieutenant M E Cooper was commanding the company as Captain J F Cooper was acting major on 21 July, 1861.
Company I Stephens or Greene Light Guards: CAPT. G O DAWSON
Company K Oglethorpe Rifles: CAPT. G LUMPKIN

Sources

Confederate military history: A library of Confederate States history, written by distinguished men of the South, Volume VI, edited by Clement A Evans

The Oglethorpe Light Infantry of Savannah, in peace and in war: A brief sketch of its two companies, "A" Company, known in the Confederate States Army as Co. B., 8th Regt. Ga. Vols., and 'B' Company known as Co. H., 1st Volunteer Regt. of Ga., by Captain W S Rockwell

Hawkinsville Dispatch: Historical sketch of Company G, 8th Georgia, C.S.A., 10 July, 1879, by D G Fleming

Historical sketch of the Chatham Artillery during the Confederate struggle for independence, by Charles C Jones, Jr, late lieutenant colonel of artillery, C.S.A

Notes

The 8th Georgia Infantry was mustered in Confederate service at Camp Bartow, near Howard's grove, Richmond, Virginia, in June 1861, and was ordered to proceed to Harpers Ferry, Virginia, at 10 AM on 6 June, 1861. The regiment arrived at Strasburg, Virginia, at 7 PM on 7 June, 1861, and arrived at Winchester, Virginia, at 3 PM on 8 June, 1861. The 8th Georgia Infantry was ordered to Harpers Ferry, Virginia, at 10 AM on 10 June, 1861, evacuated Harpers Ferry, Virginia, on 15 June, 1861. The 8th Georgia Infantry encamped at Bunker Hill, Virginia, on 16 June, 1861, and was ordered to proceed to Camp Winchester, near Winchester, Virginia, on 17 June, 1861. The regiment was ordered to Darkesville, Virginia, at 4 PM on 2 July, 1861, and arrived at 4 AM on 3 July, 1861. The 8th Georgia Infantry was ordered to return to Winchester, Virginia, on 7 July, 1861.

At 1 AM on 18 July, 1861, the War Department at Richmond, Virfrom Winchester, Virginia, ginia, ordered General J E Johnston to to proceed with the Army of the Shenandoah to Manassas Junction and join the Army of the Potomac, under the command of Brigadier General P G T Beauregard.

The 8th Georgia Infantry arrived at Piedmont Station, Virginia, at 10 AM on 19 July, 1861, and proceeded by railroad to Camp Pickens, Manassas Junction, at 5 AM on 20 July, 1861, accompanied by Colonel F S Bartow. The regiment arrived at Camp Pickens, Manassas Junction, at 10 AM on 20 July, 1861, and after the first battle of Manassas encamped near Camp Pickens, Manassas Junction.

Captain F S Bartow commanded the Oglethorpe Light Infantry, 1st Georgia State Militia, and on 2 January, 1861, Governor J E Brown ordered Colonel A R Lawson, commanding the 1st Georgia State Militia, to seize Fort Pulaski, Savannah Harbour, prior to the secession of Georgia. Detachments of the Oglethorpe Light Infantry, under the command of Captain F S Bartow; the Savannah Volunteer Guards, under the command of Captain J Screven; and the Chatham Artillery with two 12 pounder howitzers and four 6 pounder brass pieces, under the command of Captain J S Claghorn; 125 men, proceeded on board the steamer Ida at 12 PM on 3 January, 1861, and seized Fort Pulaski, Savannah harbour. The armament of Fort Pulaski, Savannah Harbour., was twenty 32 pounder pieces. Captain F S Bartow was commissioned colonel, 8th Georgia Infantry, on 21 June, 1861, and assigned to command the Second Brigade, Army of the Shenandoah.

After the Oglethorpe Light Infantry, Company A, proceeded to Richmond, Virginia, the remaining members were organised as Company B and was mustered in confederate service for twelve months as the 1st Georgia Infantry, Company H, on 3 September, 1861. The Oglethorpe Light Infantry, Company B, under the command of Captain F W Sims, was ordered to Fort Pulaski, Savannah, Georgi, on 28 September, 1861, and remained on garrison duty until 10 April, 1862.

The Georgia Rangers was organised at Pulaski, Georgia, and was ordered to follow the Pulaski Volunters to Richmond, Virginia, two or three days after its departure. The company was assigned to the 10th Georgia Infantry, Company G.

On 25 July 1861, the Army of the Shenandoah was reorganised and the 8th Georgia Infantry was was assigned to Second Brigade, Second Corps, Army of the Potomac, under the command of Brigadier General S A M Jones.