During the Olustee Campaign the Twenty-eighth Battalion, Georgia Siege Artillery, served as infantry under the command of Major A. Bonaud. A detachment from the Florida Camp of Instruction, the Florida Conscript Company, was attached to the battalion at Olustee, and there is a slight possibility that part of the Second Florida Battalion was as well.

     The battalion had been formed at Savannah in 1863 by uniting a number of independent heavy artillery companies. Olustee was the first major engagement for the unit.

     Comparatively small in numbers, the unit suffered over 100 casualties: 12 killed, 95 wounded, and two missing. The Florida Conscript Company suffered losses of six killed or died of wounds, and nine wounded. It is unclear if these loses were included in the totals for Bonaud's Battalion.

      Two companies of this battalion served with the Army of Northern Virginia, with the rest of the battalion remaining in the Department of South Carolina, Georgia, and Florida.

THOMAS HOLLOWAY was a member of this battalion. He joined in mid-1863 and served with it until the end of the war.

This battalion was originally stationed at THUNDERBOLT STATION on the Savannah River just south of the city of
Savannah, Ga.
After the Battle of Olustee, some companies were sent to Virginia, however, the rest, along with Thomas Holloway's Co.
went back to Thunderbolt Station and served under General Joe Johnston and fought with this army for several weeks as they opposed Union General Sherman's advance through Georgia, South Carolina and North Carolina until the eventual surrender in Bentonville, North Carolina.