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Adderton.
Captain Frederick became major.
This battalion served on the Georgia coast in 1862, also at Macon guarding prisoners and stores.
Ordered to Virginia November 1st, it reached that State about two weeks after the battle of Fredericksburg.
It served in North Carolina for a time, then in the Richmond campaign of 1864.
It was also one of the commands with the army of Northern Virginia at Appomattox.
The Eleventh battalion Georgia infantry at its organization was commanded by Lieut.-Col. G. W. M. Williams.
The captains were: (A) William S. Phillips, (B) Pat Gormley, (C) James H. Latimer, (D) Philip G. Tippins, (E) A. C. Edwards, (F) John D. Ashton, (G) Isaac M. Aiken, (H) Wm. W. Williams, (I) M. J. Doyle.
This battalion served in 1862 on the Georgia coast.
It was increased to a regiment by the addition of another company, and under the name of the Forty-seventh was sent to the army of Tennessee.
For further particulars of its history see the Forty-seventh.
The Twelfth battalion Georgia infantry was organized as an artillery battalion, composed of four companies from Ramsey's First infantry, for the original names of which consult the sketch of that regiment.
After serving under Kirby Smith for six months (three companies as infantry and one, Hanvey's, going into Kentucky as artillery), it was ordered to the department of South Carolina, Georgia and Florida.
Hanvey's company rejoined it at that time, while J. V. H. Allen's company (A), which had preceded it to Georgia, was, with some new companies, added to the Thirteenth battalion to form the Sixty-third regiment.
On the coast the Twelfth battalion served both as infantry and heavy artillery.
A detachment of the battalion served at Battery Wagner, and in October the battalion under Major Hanvey served at Fort Sumter.
In May, 1864, it went to Virginia as an infantry battalion with the following officers: Lieut.-Col. H. D. Capers, Maj. G. M. Hanvey,
Atlanta, Ga. 1899.
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