129th Regiment, Illinois Infantry

United States     U.S. Military      Illinois      Illinois Military      Illinois in the Civil War      1st Battalian, Illinois State Militia

Brief History
The 129th Regiment, Illinois Infantry was organized at Pontiac and mustered in September 8, 1862. They were moved to Washington, D. C., via Richmond, Virginia, April 29-May 19 and Grand Review May 24. It mustered out June 8, 1865.

For more information on the history of this unit, see:


 * The Civil War Archive section, 129th Regiment Infantry, (accessed 20 June 2012)
 * The Wikipedia article, 129th Illinois Volunteer Infantry Regiment, (accessed 20 June 2012)

Companies in this Regiment with County of Origin
Men often enlisted in a company recruited in the counties where they lived though not always. After many battles, companies might be combined because so many men were killed or wounded. However if you are unsure which company your ancestor was in, try the company recruited in his county first.

The following counties of origin are taken from the Adjutant General's Report, found on the Illinois Civil War Rosters web site. Roster pages are from the same report found on the Internet Archives web site. The rosters show the men who served in each regiment, their residences, dates of enlistment and mustering out, and other remarks.


 * Company A - many men from Livingston County - Livingston County web site - Roster, vol. 6, page 534.
 * Company B - many men from Livingston County - Livingston County web site - Roster, vol. 6, page 536.
 * Company C - many men from Livingston County - Livingston County web site - Roster, vol. 6, page 538.
 * Company D - many men from Scott County - Scott County web site - Roster, vol. 6, page 539.
 * Company E - many men fromLivingston County - Livingston County web site - Roster, vol. 6, page 541.
 * Company F - many men from Scott County - Scott County web site - Roster, vol. 6, page 543.
 * Company G - many men from Livingston County - Livingston County web site - Roster, vol. 6, page 545.
 * Company H - many men from Scott County - Scott County web site - Roster, vol. 6, page 547.
 * Company I - many men from Scott County - Scott County web site - Roster, vol. 6, page 549.
 * Company K - many men from Rock Island County - Rock Island County web site - Roster, vol. 6, page 551.
 * Unassigned Recruits - Roster, vol. 6, page 553.

The Civil War Soldiers and Sailors database lists 1,530 men on its roster for this unit. Roster.

Other Sources

 * Beginning United States Civil War Research gives steps for finding information about a Civil War soldier. It covers the major records that should be used. Additional records are described in ‘Illinois in the Civil War’ and ‘United States Civil War, 1861 to 1865’ (see below).


 * National Park Service, The Civil War Soldiers and Sailors System, is searchable by soldier's name and state. It contains basic facts about soldiers on both sides of the Civil War, a list of regiments, descriptions of significant battles, sources of the information, and suggestions for where to find additional information.


 * Illinois in the Civil War describes many Confederate and Union sources, specifically for Illinois, and how to find them.. These include compiled service records, pension records, rosters, cemetery records, Internet databases, published books, etc.


 * United States Civil War, 1861 to 1865 describes and explains United States and Confederate States records, rather than state records, and how to find them. These include veterans’ censuses, compiled service records, pension records, rosters, cemetery records, Internet databases, published books, etc.


 * Ayers, James T. and John Hope Franklin. The Diary of James T. Ayers, Civil War Recruiter. Springfield, Va.: D.H. Green, 1947. . Recruited negroes in Tennessee for the United States Army.


 * Grunert, William. History of the One Hundred and Twenty-Ninth Regiment, Illinois Volunteer Infantry. (Bethesda, Maryland : University Publications of America, c1993),