29th Regiment, Georgia Infantry (Confederate)

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29th Regiment, Georgia Infantry (Confederate)

Brief History

This regiment was organized at Big Shanty, Georgia, during the summer of 1861, contained men from Thomas, Berrien, Tift, Stephens, and Dougherty counties. National Park Service, The Civil War Soldiers and Sailors System, (accessed 6 December 2010).</ref>

Companies in this Regiment with the Counties of Origin

Men often enlisted in a company recruited in the counties where they lived though not always. After many battles, companies might be combined because so many men were killed or wounded. However if you are unsure which company your ancestor was in, try the company recruited in his county first.

The Civil War Soldiers and Sailors database lists 2,282 men on its roster for this unit. Roster.

• Officers, Non-Commissioned Offices, and Staff - see - Roster on page 427
  
• Company A - ("Thomasville") Thomas County - see - Roster on page 428;  USGenWeb
  
• Company B - ("Ochlockoness Light Infantry") Thomas County - see - Roster on page 437;  USGenWeb
  
• Company C - ("George Berrien Minutemen")  Berrien, Clinch and Lowndes Counties - see - Roster on page 446;  USGenWeb
  
• Company D -  (" George Berrien Minutemen") Berrien, Clinch and Lowndes Counties - see - Roster on page 454;  USGenWeb
  
• Company E -  ("Alapaha Guards") Clinch County - see - Roster on page 459;  USGenWeb
  
• Company F -  ("The George Foresters") Chatham County - see - Roster on page 466;  USGenWeb
  
• Company G - ("Stephens Volunteers") Berrien County- see - Roster on page 471;  USGenWeb
  
• Company H - ("Thomas Country Volunteers")  Thomas County - see - Roster on page 476;  USGenWeb
  
• Company I -  ("Berry Infantry") Floyd County - see - Roster on page 483
  
• Company K - ('Seventeenth Patriots') Thomas County - see - Roster on page 489;  USGenWeb
  

Georgia, and Lillian Henderson. 1959. Roster of the Confederate soldiers of Georgia, 1861-1865. Hapeville, Ga: Longina & Porter. WorldCat  FHL Collection  HATHI TRUST Digital Library  HATHI TRUST ; also on  USGenWeb

Other Sources

• Georgia USGenWeb Archives Project - Civil War Records - Individual Soldiers
  

• Georgia, Civil War Service Records of Confederate Soldiers, 1861-1865
  

• Georgia, Civil War Service Records of Union Soldiers, 1861-1865
  

• Georgia, Confederate Home Records, 1901-1930
  

• Beginning United States Civil War Research gives steps for finding information about a Civil War soldier. It covers the major records that should be used. Additional records are described in ‘Georgia in the Civil War’ and ‘United States Civil War, 1861 to 1865’ (see below).
  

• National Park Service, The Civil War Soldiers and Sailors System, is searchable by soldier's name and state. It contains basic facts about soldiers on both sides of the Civil War, a list of regiments, descriptions of significant battles, sources of the information, and suggestions for where to find additional information.
  

• Georgia in the Civil War describes many Confederate and Union sources, specifically for Georgia, and how to find them.. These include compiled service records, pension records, rosters, cemetery records, Internet databases, published books, etc.
  

• United States Civil War, 1861-1865 describes and explains United States and Confederate States records, rather than state records, and how to find them. These include veterans’ censuses, compiled service records, pension records, rosters, cemetery records, Internet databases, published books, etc.