Episode 23: COL James Cooper Nisbet and the 66th Georgia at the Battle of Peach Tree Creek

At the Battle of Peach Tree Creek on 20 July 1864, COL James Cooper Nisbet and the 66th Georgia, participate in an echelon assault upon the Army of the Cumberland. After being repulsed, COL Nisbet reforms his command and advances again in support of a separate Confederate Brigade.

Sources used for this episode:

Nisbet, James C. Four Years on the Firing Line. Chattanooga: The Imperial Press, 1914. https://www.loc.gov/item/14008722/.

Davis, George B., Perry, Leslie J., Kirkley, Joseph W. The War of the Rebellion: A Compilation of the Official Records of the Union and Confederate Armies. ser. 1, vol. 38, pt. 1 Reports. Washington: Government Printing Office 1891. https://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=coo.31924077722977&view=1up&seq=3.

“Capt. Nisbet’s Regiment.” Confederate Union, March 24, 1863. https://gahistoricnewspapers.galileo.usg.edu/lccn/sn85034083/1863-03-24/ed-1/seq-3/.