29th North Carolina Infantry

Regimental History and Service Record

• September 24, 1861 - Organized at Camp Patton, Buncombe County
  • ? - Mustered into Confederate Service
• March 1862 - Cumberland Gap
• May 2, 1862 - Reorganized
• June 17-18, 1862 - Cumberland Gap
• August 5, 1862 - Tazewell
• December 31, 1862-January 3, 1863 - Murfreesboro
• September 19-20, 1863 - Battle of Chickamauga, Georgia
• February-March 1864 - Meridian Campaign
• May-September 1864 - The Atlanta Campaign
• June 27, 1864 - Kennesaw Mountain
• July 4, 1864 -Smyrna
• July 20, 1864 - Peach Tree Creek
• July 22, 1864 - Atlanta
• July 28, 1864 - Ezra Church
• July-September 1864 - Siege of Atlanta
• October 5, 1864 - Allatoona
• November 30, 1864 - Franklin
• December 15-16, 1864 - Nashville
• March 17-April 12, 1865 - Mobile
• April 2-8, 1865 - Siege of Spanish Fort
• April 1-9, 1865 - Fort Blakely
• May 4, 1865 - Surrendered at Meridian, Lauderdale County, Mississippi by Lieutenant General Richard Taylor, commanding the Department of Alabama, Mississippi, and East Louisiana

DESIGNATIONS

• Department #2 / District of East Tennessee / Post of Knoxville (November 1861-February 1862)
• Department #2 / District of East Tennessee / Cumberland Gap (February-March 1862)
• Department of East Tennessee / Rains'/Stevenson's Brigade (March-July 1862)
• Department of East Tennessee / Stevenson's Division / Rains' Brigade (July-December 1862)
• Army of Tennessee / Smith's Corps / McCown's/Stewart's Division / Rains'/Vance's Brigade (December 1862-March 1863)
• Army of Tennessee / 1st Corps / Stewart's Division / Vance's Brigade (March-May 1863)
• Department of the West / Walker's Division / Wilson's Brigade (May-July 1863)
• Department of Mississippi and East Louisiana / Walker's Division / Wilson's Brigade (July-August 1863)
• Department of Mississippi and East Louisiana / Walker's Division / Ector's Brigade (August 1863)
• Army of Tennessee / Reserve Corps / Walker's Division / Ector's Brigade (August-September 1863)
• Department of Mississippi and East Louisiana / French's Division / Ector's Brigade (October 1863-January 1864)
• Department of Alabama, Mississippi, and East Louisiana / French's Division / Ector's Brigade (January-May 1864)
• Army of Mississippi / French's Division / Ector's Brigade (May-July 1864)
• Army of Tennessee / 3rd Corps / French's Division / Ector's Brigade (July 1864-January 1865)
• Department of Alabama, Mississippi, and East Louisiana / District of the Gulf / French's Division / Ector's Brigade (January-April 1865)
• Department of Alabama, Mississippi, and East Louisiana / French's Division / Ector's Brigade (April-May 1865)

Regimental Roster

• First Commander: Robert B. Vance (Colonel)
• William B. Creasman (Major, Lieutenant Colonel, Colonel)
• Thomas F. Gardner (Major, Lieutenant Colonel)
• Ezekiel H. Hampton (Major)
• James M. Lowry (Lieutenant Colonel)
• Bacchus S. Proffitt (Major, Lieutenant Colonel)
• William C. Walker (Lieutenant Colonel)

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Legacy

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Sources

• Sifakis, Stewart. Compendium of the Confederate Armies. North Carolina. New York: Facts on File, 1992. Print. (Pages 126-127)