Alabama 29th Infantry Regiment

HISTORICAL NOTES:
The 29th Alabama Infantry Regiment was organized at Pensacola in February, 1862, by the addition of two companies to the Fourth Alabama Battalion - a body of eight companies, which had been organized the autumn before at Montgomery. The regiment, recruited from Barbour, Bibb, Blount, Conecuh, Montgomery, Russell, Shelby, and Talladega counties, remained at Pensacola until it was evacuated, suffering much from diseases that usually afflict raw troops. It then lay between Pollard and Pensacola for over a year, when it was ordered to Mobile. The regiment was there from July 1863 to April 1864, except for a short time that it was at Pollard. The regiment joined the Army of Tennessee at Resaca with over 1,000 men, in time to initiate the Atlanta-Dalton campaign. It was brigaded with the 1st, 17th, and 26th Alabama, and 37th Mississippi regiments, commanded at different intervals by Col. Murphey of Montgomery, Gen'l O'Neal of Lauderdale, and Gen'l Shelley of Talladega. The 29th was engaged at the Battle of Resaca with a loss of about 100 k and w, out of 1100 men engaged. At New Hope Church, the loss was very heavy, and at Peach Tree Creek, the regiment was cut to pieces. On 28 July, near Atlanta, half of the regiment was killed and wounded in the fierce and protracted assault on the enemy's line. The 29th then moved into Tennessee with Gen'l John Bell Hood and lost very heavily in casualties at Franklin, and largely in casualties and prisoners at Nashville. A remnant of it moved into the Carolinas where it was engaged at Kinston and Bentonville with considerable loss. It was consolidated with the 1st and 17th Regiments early in 1865, and fewer than 90 men surrendered at Durham Station, Orange County, NC on 26 April 1865. OFFICERS:
Cols. Jonathan R. F Tatnall (GA; transferred to the navy); John F. Conoley (Dallas); Lt. Cols. J. F. Conoley (promoted); Benjamin Morris (Barbour); Majors Benjamin Morris (promoted); Henry B. Turner (Talladega; wounded, Atlanta); Adjutants Lemuel D. Hatch (Greene; transferred); Benjamin H. Screws (Barbour; transferred to line); James Stephenson (Virginia) ASSIGNMENTS:
Pensacola, Florida
Between Pollard and Pensacola, Florida (July 1863 – April 1864)
Army of Tennessee
SERVICE:
Battle of Resaca
New Hope Church
Peach Tree Creek
Franklin
Nashville
The Carolina’s Campaign
Kinston
Bentonville
Durham Station, Orange County, NC (26 April 1865)
ROSTER:
The roster of this regiment contains the names of 2372 men.

The 29th Alabama regiment was recruited from Barbour, Bibb, Blount, Conecuh, Montgomery, Russell, Shelby, and Talladega counties.

Company A - Captain Henry B. Turner - Talladega County
Company B - Captain Duncan Dew - Blount County
Company C-Captain William H. Musgrove-Blount County
Company D - Captain Alfred Gardner - Bibb County
Company E - Captain Samuel Abernathy - Shelby County
Company F - Captain B. F. Sapp - Blount County
Company G - Captain John F. Wagnon - Barbour County
Company H - Captain Hugh Latham - Bibb County
Company I - Captain J. B. Sowell - Conecuh County
Company K - Captain John C. McNabb - Barbour County.
SOURCE:
Brewer, William Brief Historical Sketches of Military Organizations Raised in Alabama During the Civil War
BIBLIOGRAPHY:

Rigdon, John C. A Guide to Alabama Civil War Research, Cartersville, GA: Eastern Digital Resources, 2011.