The 34th Infantry Regiment, organized in May, 1862, at Camp
McDonald, near Marietta, Georgia, recruited its members in the counties
of Bartow, Cherokee, Floyd, Polk, Cobb, Paulding, Carroll, Haralson, and
Jackson. The unit was sent to Tennessee, then Mississippi where it was assigned
to T.H. Taylor's Brigade, Department of Mississippi and East Louisiana.
It participated in the battle at Champion's Hill and was captured at Vicksburg
on July 4, 1863. Exchanged and reorganized it was placed in General Cummings'
Brigade, Army of Tennessee. The 34th was active in many engagements from
Chattanooga to Nashville, and ended the war in North Carolina. It reported
34 casualties at Chattanooga, contained 369 men and 266 arms in December,
1863, and had 219 fit for duty in January, 1865. Very few surrendered in
April. The field commanders were Colonel J.A.W. Johnson, Lieutenant Colonel
J.W. Bradley, and Majors Thomas T. Dorough and John M. Jackson.
