CONFEDERATE MISSISSIPPI TROOPS
29th Regiment, Mississippi Infantry
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29th Infantry Regiment, organized at Corinth, Mississippi, in April, 1862, contained men
from Grenada, Lafayette, Panola, Yalobusha, Washington, and De Soto counties. The unit served
in Mississippi, then moved to Kentucky where it saw action in Munfordville. Later it joined the
Army of Tennessee and was placed in General Walthall's and Brantly's Brigade where it
participated in many battles from Murfreesboro to Bentonville. The 29th lost 5 killed and 36
wounded at Munfordville, had 34 killed and 202 wounded at Murfreesboro, and suffered fifty-three percent disabled of the 364 engaged at Chickamauga. It reported 191 casualties at
Chattanooga and in December, 1863 was consolidated with the 30th and 34th Regiment and
totalled 554 men and 339 arms. This unit reported 5 killed and 22 wounded at Resaca, and in the
fight at Ezra Church the 29th/30th lost 8 killed and 20 wounded. Very few surrendered in North
Carolina in April, 1865. The field officers were Colonels William F. Brantly and Edward C.
Walthall, Lieutenant Colonel James B. Morgan, and Majors Newton A. Isom and George W.
Reynolds.
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