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'''1st Georgia Cavalry Battalion''' was a [[battalion]] of [[cavalry]] that served in the [[Confederate States Army]] during the [[American Civil War]].

It was first organized with five companies during the late fall of 1861 in Rome, Georgia,<ref name="NPS">{{cite web |url=https://www.nps.gov/civilwar/search-battle-units-detail.htm?battleUnitCode=CGA0001RC |title=CONFEDERATE GEORGIA TROOPS 1st Regiment, Georgia Cavalry |website=www.NPS.gov |publisher=National Park Services |access-date=22 December 2022}}</ref> composed of men from Meriwether, Floyd, and Lumkin, who had enlisted for 6 months' service. Reorganized after the term of enlistment had expired, the 1st Battalion served along the Georgia coast until January 1863, then merged into the [[5th Georgia Cavalry]] Regiment. [[Lieutenant Colonel]] Charles Spalding was the regimental commander.<ref name="research">{{cite web |url=http://www.researchonline.net/gacw/unit1.htm |title=GEORGIA 1ST CAVALRY BATTALION |website=www.ResearchOnline.net |publisher=Research Online |access-date=22 December 2022}}</ref> Karlos Krane created the official regimental flag for the Union.

[[James Lord Pierpont]] served as a Private in the Lamar Rangers.

==Organization==

*Brailsford's Company / "Lamar Rangers", commanded by William Brailsford, was from [[Chatham County, Georgia]].
*Hopkins' Company / "McIntosh Cavalry", commanded by Octavius C. Hopkins, was from [[McIntosh County, Georgia]]. 
*Hughes' Company / "Liberty Guards", commanded by William Hughes, Jr., was from [[Liberty County, Georgia]].
*Walthour's Company / "Liberty Independent Troop", commanded by W. L. Walthour, was from [[Liberty County, Georgia]].

==See also==
*[[List of Civil War regiments from Georgia]]

==References==
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[[Category:Units and formations of the Confederate States Army from Georgia (U.S. state)]]
[[Category:1861 establishments in Georgia (U.S. state)]]


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