Cobb's Legion, also known as the Georgia Legion, was a Confederate Army unit organized by Thomas Reade Roots Cobb (1823-1862) in 1861. Thomas Cobb was the brother of Confederate politician Howell Cobb (1815-1868). Cobb served as colonel until he was promoted to brigadier general in 1862. He died the same year in the Battle of Fredricksburg. At its largest, the legion was made up seven infantry companies, 11 cavalry companies, and an artillery battery. The infantry battalion was assigned to Howell Cobb's brigade, a part of Lafayette McLaw's Division of James Longstreet's Corps of the Army of Northern Virginia, and surrendered at Appomattox Courthouse on April 9th, 1865. The cavalry battalion surrendered in Greensboro, North Carolina, on April 26th, 1865. The artillery battery never surrendered but disbanded on April 9th, 1865.