Altamaha Scouts
Company I
25th Georgia Volunteer Infantry

When the Twenty-fifth regiment Georgia volunteers was organized during the summer of 1861, Cladius C. Wilson, a member of the Georgia Bar and former solicitor-general for the eastern circuit of Georgia, was elected colonel and commissioned the unit�s first commanding officer. The unit was mustered into Confederate service at Savannah, Georgia, early September 1861. The 25th Georgia received permission from the Confederate War Department to recruit an additional company over the normal number of ten. 

Officers: W. P.M. Ashby, lieutenant-colonel; W. J. Winn, major; R. E. Lester, adjutant, and W. D. Bacon, quartermaster. The captains were A. W. Smith (A), M. L. Bryan (B), J. Roberts (C), A. J. Williams (D), W. S. Norman (E), George T. Dunham (F), W. D. Hamilton (G), W. H. Wylly (H),  A. H. Smith (I), M. J McMullen (K), R. J. McCleary (L). 

The Twenty-fifth, after being equipped and drilled, was assigned to the department of South Carolina, Georgia and Florida, and throughout the latter part of 1861 and during 1862 served on the coasts of Georgia and South Carolina. In 1863 it was sent to north Mississippi, forming part of the army assembled for the relief of Vicksburg. In September of that year, being transferred to Georgia, in the brigade commanded by its colonel and in the division of W. H. T. Walker, it shared the perils and glories of Chickamauga. It participated in the Atlanta, Tennessee and North Carolina campaigns, surrendering with J. E. Johnston. Soon after Chickamauga Colonel Wilson was promoted to brigadier-general, but in the same month he died. W. J. Winn succeeded him as colonel of the regiment, and W. H. Wylly, who had been captain of Company H, afterward of Company A, and promoted major, became at the same time lieutenant-colonel, while Capt. A. W. Smith became major. Among other changes, R. J. McCleary, who had commanded the extra company, L, became captain of Company C; Captain Williams became lieutenant-colonel, and A. H. Smith of Company I took command of Company D; G. W. Holmes succeeded Norman as captain of company E; R. R. Young took the place of Dunham as captain of Company F, and was succeeded by J. R. Moore; J. C. Howell was Wylly's successor as captain of Company A; S. D. Bradwell became captain of Company H, J. M. Smith of Company I, and J. R. Cooper of Company K. The 1st confederate regiment Georgia Infantry, 1st Battalion Georgia sharpshooters, 25th, 29th, 30th, and 66th Regiments of Georgia Infantry were consolidated to form the 1st Confederate Battalion Georgia Infantry April 9, 1865. Surrendered at Greensboro, NC April 26, 1865.

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 Command Changes

The Twenty-Fifth Georgia Infantry served in a number of higher command assignments in various locations, rang�ing from the Georgia Coast, to the Dis�trict of Cape Fear, North Carolina, the Department of Mississippi and East Louisiana, and the Army of Tennessee. Shown below are the actual higher command assignments of the regiment.

September 30, 1861	Unassigned. Savannah. Georgia
April 30, 1862	Second Brigade, District of Georgia, Department of South Carolina, Georgia, and Florida
September 25, 1862	Un-brigaded, District of Georgia, Department of South Carolina, Georgia, and Florida
January 31, 1863	Wilson�s Brigade, Gist�s Division, District of Cape Fear, Department of North Carolina and Southern Virginia
March 31, 1863	Walker�s Brigade, Dis�trict of Georgia, Department of South Carolina, Georgia, and Florida
July 31, 1863	Wilson�s Brigade, Walker� s Division, Department of Missis�sippi and East Louisiana
September 1, 1863	Wilson�s Brigade, Walker�s Division, Re�serve Corps, Any of Tennessee
October 10, 1863	Wilson�s Brigade, Walker�s Division, Longstreet �s Corps Army of Tennessee
November 1, 1863	(Consolidated with the First Georgia Infantry Battalion) Wilson s Brigade, Walker�s Div�ision, Hardee�s Corps, Army of Tennessee
January 20, 1864	(No longer consolidated) same command
April 30, 1864	Stevens� Brigade, Walk�er�s Division, Hardee�s Corps, Army of Tennessee
September 20, 1864	Jackson�s Brigade, Bate�s Division, Har�dee�s Corps, Army of Tennessee
December 10, 1864	Jackson�s Brigade, Bate�s Division, Cheatham�s Corps, Army of Tennessee
March 31, 1865	(Consolidated with First Georgia Sharpshooter Battalion) Jackson�s Brigade, Clayton�s Division, Hardee�s Corps, Army of Tennessee
April 9, 1865	(Consolidated with First (Regular), First Sharpshooter Battalion, Twenty-Ninth. Thirtieth and Sixty-Sixth Georgia Infantries) Henderson�s Brigade, Stevenson�s Division, Lee�s Corps, Army of Tennessee

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Skirmishes, Engagements, Battles

The Twenty-Fifth Georgia Infantry participated in more than thirty various type skirmishes, engagements, battles, etc. during its career. The list below identifies those engagements. 

October 22, 1862	Engagement, Gaston and Frampton�s plantation near Pocotaligo, South Carolina
July 10 - 16, 1863	Siege, Jackson, Miss.
August 16 - September 22, 1863	Occupation of Middle Tennessee, Passage of the Cumberland Moun�tains� and Chickamauga, Georgia Campaign
September 19 - 21, 1863	Battle, Chickamauga, Georgia
September 24 - November 23, 1863	Siege - Chattanooga, Tennessee
November 23 - 27, 1863	Campaign. Chattanooga, Tennessee and Ringgold, Georgia
November 24 - 25, 1863	Assault and Capture, Missionary Ridge. Tennessee
May l - September 8, 1864	Atlanta Campaign
May 14 - 15, 1864	Action, Leys� Ferry, Oostenaula River, Georgia
May 18 -19, 1864	Combats near Cassville, Georgia
May 25 - June 5, 1864	Operations on the line of Pumpkin Vine Creek and Battles about Dallas, New Hope Church, and Allatoona Hills, Georgia.
June 10 - July 2, 1864	Operations about Mar�ietta and against Kennesaw Mountain, Georgia
June 11 - 14, 1864	Combats about Pine Hill, Georgia
June 15 - 17, 1864	Combats about Lost Mountain, Georgia
June 27, 1864	Assault, Kennesaw Mountain, Georgia
July 2 - 5, 1864	Operations on the line of Nickajack Creek, Georgia
July 5 - 17, 1864	Operations on the line of the Chattahoochee River, Georgia
July 19 - 20, 1864	Battle, Peach Tree Creek, Georgia
July 22, 1864	Battle, Atlanta, Georgia
July 23 - August 25, 1864	Siege, Atlanta, Georgia
August 3l - September 1, 1864	Battle, Jonesborough, Georgia
September 2 - 5, 1864	Engagement, Lovejoy Station, Georgia
September 29 - November 3, 1864	Hood�s Operations in Northern Georgia and Northern Alabama
November 29, 1864	Engagement, Spring Hill, Tennessee
November 30, 1864	Battle, Franklin, Tennessee
December 15 - 16, 1864	Battle, Nashville, Tennessee
March 16, 1865	Battle, Averysborough (Taylor�s Hole Creek), North Carolina
March 19 - 21, 1865	Battle, Bentonville, North Carolina
April 26, 1865	Surrender, Bennett�s House, Durham Station, North Carolina

 No records have been found to show exactly how many members of the Twenty-Fifth Georgia Infantry surrendered in North Carolina at the end of April 1865. An estimate of how small it was however can be made by observing that the regi�ment had been combined with four other regiments and a battalion to form an effective sized unit in the last days of the War. It is doubtful if more than a hundred officers and men of the regiment were at the surrender.

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