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16th Ga. Infantry Regiment

PCronic  (View posts) Posted: 21 Jul 1999 12:00PM GMT
Classification: Query
Edited: 29 Jun 2001 6:01AM GMT
Surnames: Cronic
The 16th did not participate at 1st Manassas. Their first taste of battle was in the Peninsula Campaign. They participated in all of the remaining major battles except 2nd Manassas. Here is a list of Battles:

Yorktown (April 1862)
Lee's Mill (April 16, 1862)
Seven Days Battles (June 25-July 1, 1862)
Malvern Hill (July 1, 1862)
Crampton's Gap (Sept. 14, 1862)
Sharpsburg (Sept. 17, 1862)
Fredricksburg (Dec. 13, 1862)
Chancellorsville (May 1-4, 1863)
Gettysburg (July 1-3, 1863)
Chattanooga Siege (Sept-Nov. 1863)
Knoxville Siege (Nov.-Dec. 1863)
Fort Sanders (Nov. 29, 1863)
The Wilderness (May 5-6, 1864)
Spotsylvania Court House (May 8-21, 1864)
North Anna (May 23-26, 1864)
Cold Harbor (June 1-3, 1864)
Petersburg Siege (June 1864-April 1865)
Front Royal (Guard Hill) (Aug. 16, 1864)
Cedar Creek (Oct. 19, 1864)
Sayler's Creek (April 6, 1865)
Appomattox Court House (April 9, 1865)

They suffered their largest casualties at Crampton's Gap, Fort Sanders, and Guard Hill.
They were commanded by:
Howell Cobb (April 1862 to Sept. 1862)
T.R.R. Cobb (Sept. 1862 to Dec. 1862)
William T. Wofford (Jan. 1863 to Aug. 1864)
Dudley M. Dubose (Sept. 1864 to April 1865)

I recently found a good book on the 16th. It is "Company K, Ramsey Volunteers, The Sixteenth Georgia Infantry "Regiment" by Thomas Holley.
I have previously posted on this site "Info on the 16th Georgia Infantry". Go to this page for more books and info:
Surname List - Cronic - Query 3-16-99
http://cgi.rootsweb.com/~genbbs/genbbs.cgi/USA/Ga/CivilWar?R...
SubjectAuthorDate Posted
PAUL LYLES III 21 Jul 1999 12:00PM GMT 
Art Chance 21 Jul 1999 12:00PM GMT 
PCronic 21 Jul 1999 12:00PM GMT 
   

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