29th Regiment, Connecticut Infantry

Brief History
The 29th Regiment was stationed at Fair Haven Connecticut during its organization and was mustered in on March 8, 1864. It was mustered out October 24, 1865 at New Orleans. Discharged and paid the 25th day of November, 1865 in Hartford, Connecticut.

For more information about the 29th Regiment and its history, see:


 * Regimental History - The Connecticut 29th Colored Regiment C.V. Infantry, Inc., (accessed 9 Mar 2011. This website contains a history of the regiment, soldier stories and more.


 * Newton, Alexander Heritage, Out of the Briars, an Autobiography and Sketch of the Twenty-Ninth Regiment, Connecticut Volunteers, (Bethesda, Maryland : University Publications of America, c1991). Available online at Internet Archive, (accessed 9 Mar 2011). Also available at the Family History Library,


 * Hill, J.J., A Sketch of the 29th Connecticut Colored Regiment, (Baltimore : Printed by Daugherty, Maquire Co., 1897). Available online at Internet Archive, (accessed 9 Mar 2011).
 * The Civil War Archive section, 29th Regiment Infantry (African Descent), (accessed 19 April 2012,)

Companies in this Regiment
The Civil War Soldiers and Sailors database lists 1,609 men on its roster for this unit. Roster.

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. This regiment was composed of men from all parts of Connecticut.

Company A

Company B

Company C

Company D

Company E

Company F

Company G

Company H

Company I

Company K

Company Rosters

 * Graves of the 29th Regiment, (accessed 9 Mar 2011. Connecticut Civil War Graves - Roster by Name and Muster by Rank and Company.


 * Connecticut. Adjutant General's Office, Catalogue of Connecticut volunteer organizations, with additional enlistments and casualties to July 1, 1864, (Hartford, Connecticut: Case, Lockwood, 1864), page 810.Available Online at Internet Archive, (accessed 8 Mar 2011). Also available at the Family History Library,  or FHL US/CAN Film 1550802.


 * Adjutant General's Office, Catalogue of Connecticut volunteer organizations : (infantry, cavalry, and artillery,) in the service of the United States, 1861-1865, with additional enlistments, casualties, and brief summaries, showing the operations and service of the several regiments and batteries, (Bethesda, Maryland : University Publications of America, c1991), page 890. Includes index. Online at Internet Archive, (accessed 8 Mar 2011). Also available at the Family History Library, or

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 ‘Connecticut 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.


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


 * Footnote.com, (accessed 2 Apr 2011). (A subscription website, but is available for use at the Family History Library and some Family History Centers). It has digital Civil War soldier service records and brief regiment histories (located at the bottom of some of the muster rolls).


 * United States Colored Troops in the Civil War lists additional sources about the African American troops.


 * Citizens of Color, 1863-1890: Military and Political Participation, (accessed 9 Mar 2011).(The Hartford Black History Project)


 * The Civil War in the East, (accessed 9 Mar 2011). Timeline of the 29th Connecticut Infantry Regiment


 * The Stamford Historical Society, Inc., (accessed 9 Mar 2011). History and Roster