29th Virginia Infantry
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- November 5, 1861 - Organized by Adjutant and Inspector General's Office / Special Order #206
- ? - Mustered into Confederate Service
- 5 companies illegally assigned to this battalion since they had been raised for Local and Special Service, these companies at the time were serving with the 21st Virginia Infantry Battalion
- March 27, 1862 - Company G organized
- April 2/3, 1862 - Companies H/I/K organized
- May 1862 - Reorganized with 9 companies
- (I) Company F disbanded
- (I) Company K became (II) Company I
- (I) Company I became (II) Company F
- May 15, 1862 - Wolf Creek, West Virginia
- May 15-17, 1862 - Princeton, West Virginia
- April-May 1863 - Suffolk Campaign
- April 24, 1863 - Edenton Road
- November-December 1863 - Siege of Knoxville
- April 1864 - Siege of Plymouth
- May 16, 1864 - Drewry's Bluff
- May 22-26, 1864 - North Anna River
- June 1-3, 1864 - Cold Harbor
- June 1864-April 1865 - Siege of Petersburg
- April 1, 1865 - Five Forks
- April 6, 1865 - Sayler's Creek
- April 9, 1865 - Appomattox Court House
- Surrendered
DESIGNATIONS
- Department #2 / Marshall's Brigade (November-December 1861)
- Department #2 / Army of Eastern Kentucky / Marshall's Brigade (January-May 1862)
- District of Abingdon (May 1862)
- Department of Southwestern Virginia / District of Abingdon (May-? 1862)
- Department of North Carolina and Southern Virginia / Elzey's Command / Unattached (December 1862)
- Department of North Carolina and Southern Virginia / Elzey's Command / Colston's Brigade (December 1862)
- Department of North Carolina and Southern Virginia / French's Command / Colston's Brigade (December 1862-February 1863)
- Department of North Carolina and Southern Virginia / French's Command / Colston's Brigade (February-April 1863)
- Department of Southern Virginia / Unattached (April-May 1863)
- Army of Northern Virginia / 1st Corps / Pickett's Division / Corse's Brigade (May-September 1863)
- Department of North Carolina / Pickett's Division / Corse's Brigade (September-October 1863)
- Army of Western Virginia and East Tennessee / Corse's Brigade (October-November 1863)
- Department of Western Virginia and East Tennessee / Ransom's Division / Corse's Brigade (November 1863-January 1864)
- Department of Western Virginia and East Tennessee / Corse's Brigade (January 1864)
- Department of North Carolina / Corse's Brigade (February-May 1864)
- Department of North Carolina and Southern Virginia / Hoke's Division / Corse's Brigade (May 1864)
- Army of Northern Virginia / 1st Corps / Pickett's Division / Corse's Brigade (May 1864-April 1865)
Regimental Roster
- First Commander: Alfred C. Moore (Colonel)
- Ebenezer Bruster (Major)
- James Giles (Major, Lieutenant Colonel, Colonel)
- Alexander Haynes (Major, Lieutenant Colonel)
- William R.B. Horne (Major)
- William Leigh (Lieutenant Colonel)
- Edwin R. Smith (Major, Lieutenant Colonel)
- Isaac White (Major)
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Legacy
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Notes
Sources
- Fields, Frank E., (Jr.), 29th Virginia Infantry
- Sifakis, Stewart. Compendium of the Confederate Armies. Virginia. New York: Facts on File, 1992. Print. (Pages 214-215)
