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29th Mississippi Infantry

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Company Unknown

Private

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Contributor Shannon DukeDate added 12/12/2016

Company Unknown

Rank unknown

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Contributor B.J. HargerDate added 11/24/2009

Company Unknown

Sergeant

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Contributor B.J. HargerDate added 12/12/2013

Company A

Private

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Contributor ClaytonDate added 8/22/2026

Company A

Private

word of mouth family history says my g-g-f was killed at the battle of chickamauga.
Contributor william avensDate added 8/22/2011

Company A

Private

No family notes have been added.
Contributor Greg HicksDate added 6/3/2013

Company A

Private

My great grandfather was captured at Lookout Mountain and spent the remainder of the war in the Rock Island POW camp in Illinois. Married Martha McCain, sister of Company A member, Issac McCain. Returned to Lafayette Co. after the war. Both he and Issac are buried at the Williams Cemetary near Pine Flat in southern Lafayette Co.
Contributor Tom McDonoughDate added 4/16/2009

Company A

Private

No family notes have been added.
Contributor William ThomasDate added 3/1/2010

Company A

3rd Sergeant

James Henry Guthrie enlisted in the Confederate Army as a Private in A Company 29th Regiment Mississippi Volunteers on March 15, 1862, at Granada, MS for three years. December 1862 report listed him as absent from his regiment because of a wound. The Jan-Feb 1864 report stated that James H. Guthrie received a severe head wound in Walthall's Brigade during operations before Murfreesboro, TN, December 28, 1862 in a corn field. Report from Shelbyville, TN March-April 1863 had him present in the regiment. Jan-Feb 1864 report listed him as 5 Sgt. Company A, Furloughed 8 Feb 1864 for 24 days. Jan-Feb report 1865 listed him as 3 Sgt. Company A, wounded and sent to the hospital by the Brigade Surgeon.
Contributor Steven GuthrieDate added 7/10/2011

Company A

Private

William C Johnston was the brother of my GG Grandfather Albert M Johnston of Co K 22nd Mississippi Inf. Regt. William Johnston was with Walthall's 29th Miss. Inf. Regt. Co A. He died in late May 1862 during the seige of Corinth. He died just days before the CS army evacuated Corinth. The 22nd & 29th Mississippi were part of the large Confederate Army force of nearly 60,000 soldiers serving in the trench lines defending Corinth. Charles was probably buried near the trench lines.
Contributor Harold JohnstonDate added 9/1/2012

Company A

Private

No family notes have been added.
Contributor Tom McDonoughDate added 4/16/2009

Company A

Private

F.M. Morris, age 37, signed up in Oxford, MS-Lafayette County in Feb. 1862 and reported to Grenada,MS March 1862. His Mississippi pension application states that he served until war's end when the 29th disbanded in April 1865. His pension was granted to him in Pontotoc County until his death in 1905 which occurried while visiting some of his sons near Paris, TX, with his burial in Texas. His widow, Emily Jane applied for her widow's pension in 1914 and received it until her death. She lived with my great grandmother, Ella Jane(Morris)Morris at the end of her life and is buried in Avery, TX.
Contributor gary greenDate added 7/26/2005

Company A

3rd Sergeant

Born 5-3-1842 Enlisted 3-15-1862 in Grenada by Lt. Burnett Severely wounded and captured 11-24-1863 during Battle of Lookout Mountain. Sent to Louisville Provost Marshall 11-29-1863 via Nashville. On 12-1-1863, sent from Louisville to Rock Island, IL prison and arrived on December 3. Died 6-2-1904
Contributor Rebecca SpradleyDate added 2/2/2011

Company A

Private

No family notes have been added.
Contributor Ann UtterbackDate added 9/26/2015

Company B

Private

Company known as Oakland Rifles. Died 1870 in Tallahatchie County, Mississippi.
Contributor Ken AllisonDate added 1/2/2015

Company C

Private

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Contributor Stephen WoodardDate added 8/11/2023

Company C

Private

Captured Chickamauga, Georgia, 20 Sept 1863. Sent )ct 1863 to Camp Douglas Prison, Illinois. Discharged 3 June 1865.
Contributor George W. Jones, IIIDate added 7/27/2017

Company C

Private

No family notes have been added.
Contributor Roy CookDate added 8/4/2007

Company C

Private

John Calvin Whitesides was born and Raised in Gaston County, North Carolina. He was one of five brothers to serve in the confederate army. Only two of the five survived the war. John died in Gaston County on April 3, 1863 of disease and exposure. I would like to know more of his service.
Contributor Jim WhitesideDate added 11/14/2010

Company C

Captain

Capt. Thomas F Wilson Co. C regiment of Miss Vol Born Dec. 6th 1819 / Died Jan. 24th 1877 Buried with wife Rebecca C at Star Place Shilo Cemetary, panola county Ms.
Contributor Randy WilsonDate added 5/9/2011

Company D

Private

No family notes have been added.
Contributor Kenny ArringtonDate added 4/7/2009

Company D

Private

Served in the Oakland Rebels, along with his brother Samuel L. Wounded at Battle of Stones River. Died 1908, buried at Graham-Argyle Cemetery in Argyle, Denton, Texas
Contributor Ken AllisonDate added 7/26/2015

Company D

Private

Wife's GGGrandfather. Very little known about him.
Contributor Ken AllisonDate added 5/4/2013

Company D

Private

Member of the Oakland Rebels, along with his brother George W. Died 1918, buried Graham, Argyle Cemetery in Argyle, Denton, Texas
Contributor Ken AllisonDate added 7/26/2015

Company D

Private

Enlisted 8 March 1862 Coffeville.
Contributor Herman JohnsonDate added 10/23/2009

Company D

Private

No family notes have been added.
Contributor deborahDate added 12/23/2009

Company D

Rank unknown

No family notes have been added.
Contributor Charles Faught, Jr.Date added 8/7/2013

Company E

Private

Killed in action at the Battle of Franklin 30 Nov 1864. Body not recovered by family. Probably buried in the Franklin area.
Contributor Ken AllisonDate added 1/3/2015

Company E

Private

1839-1864 Enlisted in Grenada on 12 March 1862. Captured at the Battle of Lookout Mountain on 24 Nov 1863. Died of pneumonia on 19 April 1864 at the Rock Island Military Prison. Buried in the Confederate Cemetery.
Contributor George HillDate added 9/19/2013

Company F

Sergeant

Enlisted March 6, 1862 at Pittsboro. Calhoun County. Promoted to Sergeant April 20. 1863. Slightly wounded at Lookout Mt., Tenn. on Nov.24, 1863. Wounded at Ezra Church, Ga. July 29, 1864, died at Atlanta August 29, 1864
Contributor Waide CookDate added 12/31/2009

Company F

Private

No family notes have been added.
Contributor mark s nelmsDate added 5/31/2009

Company F

Private

My Great Grandfather, buried at Henson Cemetery, Cascilla, Tallahatchie, Mississippi.
Contributor Ken AllisonDate added 5/20/2015

Company F

Private

No family notes have been added.
Contributor NeilDate added 1/21/2011

Company F

Rank unknown

No family notes have been added.
Contributor Laura Jo FarriesDate added 6/21/2009

Company F

Captain

No family notes have been added.
Contributor Charles MosesDate added 8/16/2008

Company F

Corporal

James Wright was from Big Creek Mississippi. I am trying to confirm that he was the father of my Great Grand Mother Mary Jane Wright. Born 1859. Any info on James is appreciated.
Contributor Tommie WrightDate added 1/14/2008

Company G

Private

Robert C. Blakely was wounded at Munfordville, KY and captured until General Braxton Bragg made the enemy surrender and exchange prisoners. For a time he was listed as a deserter but later proven to be in the Union Hospital (Presbyterian church) at Munfordville, KY. He never surrendered and walked home at wars' end from North Carolina.
Contributor Jack TaylorHomepage http://www.29miss.comDate added 1/3/2010

Company G

Private

Name: Anderson Carr Side: Confederate Regiment State/Origin: Mississippi Regiment: 29th Regiment, Mississippi Infantry Company: G Rank In: Private Rank Out: Private Film Number: M232 roll 7 I have not been successful in finding my 2X Great Grandfather's father but I have found this much. Would love any pictures from this company.
Contributor Jenifer Dixon AmmonsDate added 10/26/2021

Company G

Private

relative from ohio
Contributor Stephanee LawrenceDate added 1/1/2012

Company G

Private

(Born - Abt. 1842) (Died - Abt. 1865) (Father - George W. Pollan) (Mother - Lucy Weaver)
Contributor David LewisDate added 9/17/2006

Company G

Private

(Born - 21 Sep 1838) (Died - 09 Sep 1870) (Father - George W. Pollan) (Mother - Lucy Weaver) (Married - Dorothy Thompkins Jones)
Contributor David LewisDate added 9/17/2006

Company G

Private

(Born - Abt. 1837) (Died - Jun 1892 in Mississippi) (Father - George W. Pollan) (Mother - Lucy Weaver)
Contributor David LewisDate added 9/17/2006

Company G

Private

(Born - Abt. 1836) (Died - 31 Dec 1862 at Murfreesboro, Tennessee) (Father - George W. Pollan) (Mother - Lucy Weaver)
Contributor David LewisDate added 9/17/2006

Company G

Private

Mustered in at Graysport, MS, with Leroy Tyner in 1862; Col. Walthall. James taken prisoner at battle on Lookout Mountain, 24 Nov 1863; sent to Rock Island Barracks, IL, arriving 5 Dec 1863.
Contributor T H McAnallyDate added 5/3/2010

Company I

Private

This is my 2nd great grandfather. He enlisted on 1 MAR 1862 at Hernando,MS.He was captured at the Battle of Lookout Mountain, TN on 24 NOV 1863. Sent to Rock Island Prison,IL. Administered Oath of Allegience to the United States on 2 JUN 1865,at Memphis,TN.
Contributor Chester RobbinsDate added 11/27/2010

Company I

Private

Enlisted 1 March 1862. He was left sick on surgeon's orders at Montgomery Hospital, Montgomery, AL, on 8 August 1862, and was listed as present on the September - October 1862 muster roll. He was wounded in the arm on 31 December 1862 in the Battle of Murfreesboro, Tennessee. He was sent to a hospital in Atlanta, GA, where he remained until 23 April 1863. No further information in the service records. His Confederate Pension Application in Mississippi in 1923 states he was in discharged due to his wound.,
Contributor Tim HarrisonDate added 2/19/2008

Company I

Private

Originally enlisted in Barret's (Missouri) Battery, Memphis, TN, 7 December 1861. Transferred to Co. I, 29th Mississippi Infantry, 1 February 1863. He was present until taken prisoner at the Battle of Lookout Mountain, TN, on 24 November 1863 and sent to Rock Island Prison, IL until transferred for exchange on 20 March 1865.
Contributor Tim HarrisonDate added 2/19/2008

Company K

Private

No family notes have been added.
Contributor Phillip ThomasDate added 4/17/2026

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