29th Regiment, Tennessee Infantry

Brief History
The 29th Regiment, Tennessee Infantry was assembled at Henderson's Mills, Greene County, Tennessee, in September, 1861. It had 71 disabled at Chickamauga and in December, 1863, totalled 236 men and 173 arms. Only a remnant surrendered in April, 1865.

Companies in this Regiment with the Counties 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.


 * Company A - Captains W.W. McClelland, samuel L. McKamy - Men from Bradley County.
 * Company B - Captains M.H. Hancock, William A. Bible, Alpphonse Chable, Richard M. O'Neal - Men from Polk County.
 * Company C - Captains Robert F. Patterson, James W. Fulkerson, John B. Hodges - Men from Claiborne County.
 * Company D - Captains James G. Rose, William P. Bishop - Men from Hancock County.
 * Company E - Captains Abraham Kyle Blevins, L.N. Kyle - Men from Hawkins County.
 * Company F - Captains John Q. Arnold, James B. Johnson - "The Greeneville Guards." Men from Greene County.
 * Company G - Captains George P. Faw, Isaac E. Reeves - Men from Washington County.
 * Company H -- Captains James H. Coulter, Thomas S. Rumbough, James W. Henshaw - Men from Greene County.
 * Company I - Captains William Fry, John H. Craig, J.D. Bushlong - Men from Washington County.
 * Company K - Captains Samuel Powel, Jacob Hamilton, George A. Edmonds, Jerome N. Martin - Men from Hawkins County.

The Civil War Soldiers and Sailors database lists 1,923 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 or sailor. It covers the major records that should be used. Additional records are described in 'Tennessee 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.


 * Tennessee in the Civil War describes many Confederate and Union sources, specifically for Tennessee, 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.


 * Lindsley, John B. The Military Annals of Tennessee: Confederate, First Series; Embracing a Review of Military Operations, with Regimental Histories and Memorial Rolls, Compiled from Original and Official Sources. 1886. Reprint. Spartanburg, South Carolina: Reprint Co., 1974. (FS Library book 976.8 M2L.) Digital versions at Ancestry ($); Internet Archive. A brief history and memorial rolls of the 29th Tennessee Infantry begin on page 433.


 * Tennesseans in the Civil War, (accessed 22 Oct 2011).


 * The Twenty-ninth Tennessee (Confederate) Regiment, a brief history, (accessed 29 Dec 2011).


 * Civil War Records, Bradley County, Tennessee, (accessed 26 Feb 2012). Resources available at the Cleveland Public Library. Military Records of Union and Confederate Soldiers from Bradley County (microfilm), Confederate Regiments: 29th Tenn. Infantry Regiment.