1st Georgia Cavalry Regiment

1st Georgia Cavalry Regiment
1st Georgia Cavalry Regiment
	Georgia State flag prior to 1879
Active	May 28, 1862–April 26, 1865
Country	Confederate States of America
Allegiance	Georgia
Branch	Confederate States Army
Type	Regiment
Role	Cavalry
Size	~1000 (initial); 2244 (overall)
Engagements	American Civil War Battle of Murfreesboro; Battle of Nashville (1862); Battle of Big Hill; Pegrams Kentucky Raid; Expedition to Monticello; Battle of Chickamauga; Siege of Chattanooga; Battle of Philadelphia; Siege of Knoxville; Atlanta Campaign; Battle of Sunshine Church; Savannah Campaign; Carolinas Campaign;
Commanders
Notable; commanders	Col. James J. Morrison; Col. Samuel W. Davitte; Ltc. George T. Watts

The 1st Georgia Cavalry Regiment was a cavalry regiment in the Confederate States Army, during the American Civil War.

It fought from 1862 to 1865, and mostly served in the Army of Tennessee.

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