Born June 21, 1821, James N. Ramsey of Newton County, Georgia attended Randolph-Macon College from 1839 to 1840. On April 3, 1861 he was commisioned into Confederate service as colonel of the 1st Georgia Volunteer Infantry, the first regiment organized for service by the state of Georgia and the first Georgia regiment to see combat. The regiment was officially mustered in on March 18, 1861 at Macon, Georgia (the date on which its various companies offered their services to the governor of Georgia) and was composed of companies from Newman, Perry, Augusta, Sandersville, Atlanta, Bainbridge, Quitman, Dahlonega, and Columbus, Georgia. The 1st Georgia and Colonel Ramsey saw service with R. S. Garnett and H. R. Jackson in western Virginia, during Lee's Cheat Mountain Campaign as well as with Jackson in the Shenandoah Valley. Ramsey was mustered out of service on March 18, 1862 (although other records suggest that he may have resigned as early as December 3 or December 11, 1861) due to poor health. From December 11, 1861, the 1st Georgia was under the commander of James O. Clarke. On March 18, 1862, the 1st Georgia was mustered out at Macon, Georgia at its members formed new units or were folded into existing ones. Many of its members joined the 12th Georgia Artillery Battalion and many others the 53rd Georgia Infantry.
James N. Ramsey returned to Columbus, Georgia and practiced law. He died on November 10, 1870 in Columbus, Georgia of "congestion" and was buried in Linwood Cemetery.
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