American Expeditionary Forces, Infantry, 29th Division

Twenty-Ninth Division - National Guard

 * Nickname: Blue and Gray Division
 * 29th Division Insignia
 * Army War College (U.S.). Historical Section. Order of Battle of the United States Land Forces in the World War. American Expeditionary Forces. Division. Washington: Government Printing Office, 1931 Pages 21-41 (images 28-48). The volume will include a list of: Division Commanders, Composition: Infantry and Field Artillery Brigades, Divisional Trains; Trains: Ammunition, Supply, Engineer, Sanitary; Attached: short term unit attachments, Detached:  units detached from the division, division chronology- Assignment: Army, Corps, Date; Division Headquarters: Location, Date; Record of Events: Organization and Movement Overseas; Completion of Organization in France; Record of Events: Training and Operations; Record of Events: Return to the United States and Demobilization

Training Camp in the United States

 * Camp McClellan. Alabama. N. G. troops of D.C., N.J., MD, and VA.

Overseas Service

 * Date landed in France: June 8, 1918-July 22, 1918.
 * French training area: Pranthoy.
 * Date entered line: Aug. 19, 1918, Center Sector (Upper Alsace).
 * Days in Quiet (59) and Active (23) Sectors. Total 82.
 * Date sailed for home: May 6, 1919.

Major Operations

 * Battle Participation of Organizations of the American Expeditionary Forces
 * Major Operations: Meuse-Argonne.

Military Units attached to the Twenty-Ninth Division
 57th Infantry Brigade   58th Infantry Brigade   54th Field Artillery Brigade   Divisional Troops   Trains 
 * 113th Infantry
 * 114th Infantry
 * 111th Machine Gun Battalion
 * 115th Infantry
 * 116th Infantry
 * 112th Machine Gun Battalion
 * 110th Field Artillery
 * 111th Field Artillery
 * 112th Field Artillery
 * 104th Trench Mortar Battery
 * 110th Machine Gun Battalion
 * 104th Engineers
 * 104th Field Signal Battalion
 * HQ Troops
 * 104th Train HQ and Military Police
 * 104th Ammunition Train
 * 104th Supply Train
 * 104th  Engineer Train
 * 104th   Sanitary Train (Ambulance Companies and Field Hospitals 113-116

Unit Histories

 * John A. Cutchins. History of the Twenty-Ninth Division, Blue and Gray, 1917-1919... Philadelphia:Twenty-Ninth Division Historical Committee, 1921.
 * Raymond S. Tompkins.  Maryland Fighters in the Great War. Baltimore: Thomas & Evans Printing Co., 1919. History of the 115th Infantry.
 * F.C. Reynolds. 115th Infantry, U.S.A., in the World War Baltimore : Read-Taylor Co. Printers, ©1920.

Related FamilySearch Historical Record Collections

 * United States World War I Draft Registration Cards, 1917-1918
 * United States, Veterans Administration Master Index, 1917-1940
 * United States, World War I American Expeditionary Forces Deaths, 1917-1919
 * United States, Enlisted and Officer Muster Rolls and Rosters, 1916-1939

Related FamilySearch Wiki Articles

 * Beginning United States World War I Research
 * World War I American Expeditionary Forces Table of Organization, 1917-1919
 * World War I United States Military Records, 1917 to 1918
 * United States World War I Infantry Divisions

Reference Sources

 * American Expeditionary Forces Distinctive Cloth Insignia Chart
 * U.S. Army Center of Military History Campaigns: World War I
 * U.S.Army Center of Military History World War I Divisions: Then and Now