29th Regiment, North Carolina Infantry

Historical Notes:
The North Carolina 29th Infantry Regiment, organized at Camp Patton, Asheville, North Carolina, in September, 1861, contained men from Cherokee, Yancey, Buncombe, Jackson, Madison, Haywood, and Mitchell counties. Sent to East Tennessee the unit was active in the Cumberland Gap operations. Later it was assigned to General Rains' and Ector's Brigade, and participated in the campaigns of the Army of Tennessee from Murfreesboro to Atlanta . The 29th then marched with Hood into Tennessee and ended the war at le. It lost twenty-two percent of the 250 engaged at Murfreesboro and had 110 killed, wounded, or missing at Chickamauga . During the Atlanta Campaign, May 18 to September 5, it reported 6 killed, 58 wounded, and 87 missing, and at Allatoona thirty-nine percent of the 138 present were disabled. It surrendered in May, 1865. Officers:
Colonels:
• William B. Creasman
• Robert B. Vance
Lieutenant Colonels:
• Thomas F. Gardner
• James M. Lowry
• Bacchus S. Profitt
• William S. Walker
Major:
• Ezekiel H. Hampton
Assignments:
Rains' brigade of McCown's division of Kirby Smith's corps, serving in Hardee's corps.
Ector’s Brigade
Battles:
Cumberland Gap
Murfreesboro, TN
Chickamauga
The Atlanta Campaign
Allatoona
Nashville
Franklin – not engaged
Rosters:
The roster of this unit contains the names of 1646 men.

Company A - "Cherokee Guards" - many men from Cherokee County

Company B - many men from Yancey County

Company C - many men from Buncombe County

Company D - many men from Madison County

Company E - many men from Haywood County

Company F - many men from Jackson County

Company G - many men from Yancey County

Company H - many men from Buncombe County

Company I - many men from Mitchell County

Company K - many men from Yancey County

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