CONFEDERATE GEORGIA TROOPS
29th Battalion, Georgia Cavalry
- Overview:
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29th Cavalry Battalion was organized during the winter of 1863-1864 with eight companies
and mustered into Confederate service at Lumpkin, Georgia. It was attached to the Department
of South Carolina, Georgia, and Florida, and for a time served along the Georgia coast in Eastern
Florida. The battalion was active in the defense of Savannah and in March, 1865, totalled about
300 officers and men. It continued the fight in Georgia and surrendered with the department. Its
commanders were Lieutenant Colonel Arthur Hood and Major Charles H. Camfield.
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