CONFEDERATE GEORGIA TROOPS
29th Regiment, Georgia Infantry
- Overview:
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29th Infantry Regiment, organized at Big Shanty, Georgia, during the summer of 1861,
contained men from Thomas, Berrien, Tift, Stephens, and Dougherty counties. For a time
Companies A and G served as heavy artillerists in the Savannah area and the rest of the command
was at Charleston. It then was assigned to General Wilson's, C.H. Stevens', and H.R. Jackson's
Birgade, and in September, 1863, was consolidated with the 30th Regiment. The unit participated
in the difficult campaigns of the Army of Tennessee from Chickamauga to Atlanta, endured Hood's winter operations
in Tennessee, and fought at Bentonville. In December, 1863, the
29th/30th totalled 341 men and 195 arms, but few surrendered on April 26, 1865. The field
officers were Colonels W.D. Mitchell, R. Spaulding, and William J. Young; Lieutenant Colonels
T.W. Alexander and W.W. Billopp; and Majors Levi J. Knight, John C. Lamb, and John J. Owen.
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