Smith's Legion Infantry Battalion

Historical Notes:
Smith's Legion was organized during the spring of 1862 with a cavalry and infantry battalion. For a time the legion was under the command of Colonel Sumner J. Smith.

The cavalry battalion raised some of its members in Burke and Telfair counties and contained six companies. It was attached to the Department of East Tennessee, then was involved in the Kentucky Campaign. In the spring of 1863 the battalion merged into the 6th Georgia Cavalry Regiment.

The infantry battalion recruited many of its men in Gilmer and Floyd counties. Assigned to the Department of East Tennessee, it served in Kentucky and later was stationed at Cumberland Gap and Loudon, Tennessee.

During the spring of 1863 the infantry battalion merged into the Georgia 65th Infantry Regiment. Officers:

Lieutenant Colonel John S. Fain

Major Robert H. Moore.

Rosters:
The roster of this regiment contains the names of 1127 men.

Company A - ("Gilmer Light Guards") Gilmer and Pickens Counties Company B - Fannin County Company C - ("Dixie Rangers") White County Company D - ("Freemen of Floyd County") Floyd County Company E - Fannin County Company F - White County Company H - Gilmer County Company I - Habersham County Company K - Habersham County Bibliography:

References:
Sifakis - Compendium of the Confederate States Armies