Historical Sketch and Roster of the Georgia 40th Infantry Regiment

The Georgia 40th Infantry Regiment was organized during the fall of 1861. They were first sent to Tennessee, then Mississippi, and was placed in Barton’s Brigade, Department of Mississippi, and East Louisiana. Company A: Paulding County Company B: Bartow County -Bartow Sentinels/Howard Guards Company C: Floyd County Company D: Gordon County Calhoun Blues Company E: Gordon County -Gordon Infantry Company F: Paulding County -Paulding Washington Guards Company G: Haralson County-Haralson Defenders Company H: Bartow County -Veach Guards Company I: Bartow County -Bartow Rangers Company K: Haralson County -Haralson Invincibles