29th Ohio Infantry

compiled by Larry Stevens

References for this Unit

• see also Bibliography of State-Wide References
• Ohio In The War-Volume II. Whitelaw Reid. Moore, Wilstach & Baldwin. Cincinnati 1868
• Journal History of the 29th Ohio Veteran Volunteers, 1861-1865, Its Victories and Its Reverses, and the Campaigns and Battles of Winchester, Port Republic, Cedar Mountain, Chancellorsville, Gettysburg, Lookout Mountain, Atlanta, the March to the Sea, and the Campaign of the Carolinas, in Which it Bore an Honorable Part. by J. Hamp SeCheverall, formerly of Co. B. 284 pgs. NP. Cleveland. Ohio. 1883
• National Tribune. The Fight for the Battery at Peachtree Creek. Sgt. Henry E. Clarke. Co. B. 29th O.V.I. May 31, 1883
• National Tribune. "Twentieth Corp Rem." The Surrender of Atlanta. J.W. Kinnear. Co. E 29th O.V.I. May 31, 1883
• National Tribune. Port Republic. W.E. Baldwin. 29th O.V.I. F.A. Seymour. 7th O.V.I. W.H. Poor. 7th O.V.I. September 25, 1884
• Twenty-Ninth Ohio at Gettysburg, 1863 and 1887. NA. NP. 1888? 11pgs. Call# E173 P18 No. 268 Pam 11. USAMHI. Carlisle Barracks. PA
• Twenty-Ninth Ohio at Gettysburg. Ed Hayes. Address at Gettysburg ... 1887. Report of the Memorial Committee of the Twenty Ninth Ohio Volunteer Veteran Infantry. 6 pgs. NP. Akron. 1888. Call# M 973.7471 J29h. Microfilm# FLM 311. Ohio Historical Society. Columbus. Ohio
• The Twenty Ninth Ohio Volunteer Infantry. Jonas Schoonover. pg. 317. The Military History of Ohio. Military Record of Ashtabula County
• A Corporal's Warrant. Anonymous. pgs. 257-258. The Ohio Soldier. Volume 2. Number 17. December 8, 1888
• National Tribune. Shenandoah Valley. The Experiences of a 29th Ohio Man. E.M. Supplee. May 16, 1889
• National Tribune. The Battery Horses. They were not Ridden Away, but were Killed. Rollin L. Jones. June 27, 1889. Port Republic
• National Tribune. Bits of Gossip. Interesting Reminiscences of an Ohio Captain. Rollin L. Jones. April 3, 1890
• National Tribune. A Balky Mule. A Prescription which Started him Running Down the Mountain. Giles R. Leonard. May 14, 1891
• National Tribune. Peach Tree Creek. Henry E. Clarke. November 26, 1891
• Letter to the Editor. Charles F. Waldon. pg. 25. Confederate Veteran. Nashville. Tennessee. Volume IV. Number 1. January. 1896
• National Tribune. At Gettysburg. Joseph R. Lynn. October 7, 1897
• Letter to the Editor. Charles F. Waldon. pg. 66. Confederate Veteran. Nashville. Tennessee. Volume VI. Number 2. February. 1898
• Letter to the Editor. Charles F. Waldon. pg. 170. Confederate Veteran. Nashville. Tennessee. Volume VII. Number 4. April. 1899
• National Tribune. Fighting Jackson. Orlando E. Wilson. July 20, 1899
• National Tribune. With a Fighting Regiment. Story of the Four Year's Service of the Gallant 29th Ohio. John Rupp. September 20 and September 27, 1900
• National Tribune. On the Move. The 29th Ohio Did Not Wait for Duty to Come to it. J.Y. Pownall. November 29, 1900
• National Tribune. Southern Battlefields. An Ohio Comrade Visits Places of Georgia and Tennessee. Charles F. Walden. March 14, 1901
• National Tribune. Their Cowboys Lost Some Cattle - An Extraordinary Time Down in Georgia. S.W. Hart. June 18, 1903. March to the Sea
• National Tribune. From Battlefield to Prison. Recollections of the Battle of port Republic and of Prison Life at Lynchburg and Belle Island. S.W. Hart. August 13, 1903
• National Tribune. Meade at Gettysburg. Failure to Improve His Opportunity and Crush Lee's Army. S.W. Hart. October 15, 1903
• National Tribune. The Song - Selling Spy. William A. Robinson. June 22, 1905
• National Tribune. Received a Medal of Honor. Orlando E. Wilson. November 27, 1907
• National Tribune. Stonewall at the Bridge. Naaman B. Noyes. January 9, 1908
• National Tribune. At Ringgold. S.W. Hart. July 3, 1913
• National Tribune. Thomas, the Ideal Soldier. S.W. Hart. November 13, 1913
• National Tribune. At Gettysburg with the Twelfth Corps. S.W. Hart. June 23, 1927
• National Tribune. Fighting Stonewall Jackson. S.W. Hart. October 13, 1927. Shenandoah Valley Campaign - 1862
• National Tribune. When He Saw Stonewall Jackson. S.W. Hart. June 14, 1928
• National Tribune. Visits Civil War Scenes. S.W. Hart. November 29, 1928
• National Tribune. New York Draft Riots. S.W. Hart. April 4, 1929
• Civil War Diary & Papers of Nathaniel Parmeter. Nathaniel L. Parmeter. 29th OVI. .5 cubic feet. Call# MSS246. Ohio Historical Society. Columbus. Ohio
• Civil War Diary of Lyman D. Ames. Lyman Daniel Ames. Chaplain 29th OVI. Photocopied typescript. 158 pgs. Call# VFM2972. Ohio Historical Society. Columbus. Ohio
• Civil War Diary of Albert Durkee September 13, 1861 - August 8, 1862. Albert Durkee 2nd Lieutenant Co. E. 29th OVI. 1 volume. Call# General VOL 596. Ohio Historical Society. Columbus. Ohio
• The Duties of Home and War: The Civil War Letters of John G. Marsh, 29th Ohio Volunteers (A Selection). John G. Marsh. Edited by C. Calvin Smith. pgs. 7-20. Upper Ohio Valley Historical Review. Volume 8. 1979
• Civil War Letters from Frederick, Maryland: The War Correspondence of Sergeant John G. Marsh, 29th Ohio Volunteer Regiment. John G. Marsh. Edited by James J. Hudson. Old Northwest 9. Fall. 1983
• Unit Bibliography. U.S. Army Military History Institute. Carlisle Barracks. PA. 1995
• Regimental Colors of the 29th O.V.I. Painting and Original Photo. Fight for the Colors. Ohio Historical Society. Columbus. Ohio. 2000
• Buckeye Blood: Ohio at Gettysburg. by Richard A. Baumgartner. 254 pgs. Blue Acorn Press. Huntington. West Virginia. 2003
• A Good and Holy Cause. A History of the 29th Ohio Veteran Volunteer Infantry. Jim Booth. 207 pgs. 48Hrbooks. Akron. Ohio. 2011
• The Untried Life. The Twenty-Ninth Ohio Volunteer Infantry in the Civil War. By James T. Fritch. 512 pgs. Paperback. Ohio University Press - Swallow Press. Athens. Ohio. September 30, 2012

Major Myron T. Wright
Wounded at Winchester, Va. 1862
Wounded at Peach Tree Creek, Ga. 1864
Mortally Wounded near Savannah, Ga. 1864

History

Organized August, 26th, 1861, under Colonel Louis P. Buckley, it served in Maryland and Virginia from January, 1862, until the fall of 1863, taking part in the battles of Winchester, Port Republic, Cedar Mountain, Second Bull Run, Chancellorsville and Gettysburg. In September it was transferred with Hooker's Corps to the West, fought at Lookout Mountain, and joined Sherman's Atlanta campaign, participating in the battles of Resaca, Dallas, Kenesaw, Peachtree Creek and the seige of Atlanta. The Regiment marched to the sea and through the Carolinas, on to Washington, thence by rail to Cleveland, where it was mustered out July 22nd, 1865.

From Dyer's Compendium

29th Regiment Infantry. Organized at Camp Giddings, Jefferson, Ohio, August 26, 1861. Moved to Camp Chase, Ohio, December 25, 1861, thence to Cumberland, Md., January 17, 1862. Attached to 3rd Brigade, Landers' Division, Army of the Potomac, to March, 1862. 3rd Brigade, Shields' 2nd Division, Banks' 5th Army Corps, and Dept. of the Shenandoah, to May, 1862. 3rd Brigade, Shields' Division, Dept. of the Rappahannock, to June, 1862. 2nd Brigade, 1st Division, 2nd Army Corps, Pope's Army of Virginia, to August, 1862. 1st Brigade, 2nd Division, 2nd Corps, Army Virginia, to September, 1862. 1st Brigade, 2nd Division, 12th Army Corps, Army of the Potomac, to October, 1863, and Army of the Cumberland, to April, 1864. 1st Brigade, 2nd Division, 20th Army Corps, Army of the Cumberland and Army of Georgia, to July, 1865.
SERVICE.--Duty at Hampton Heights and Paw Paw Tunnel till March, 1862. Advance on Winchester, Va., March 7-15. Reconnoissance to Strasburg March 18-19. Battle of Winchester, Va., March 22-23. March to Fredericksburg, Va., May 12-21, and return to Front Royal May 25-30. Battle of Port Republic June 9. Battle of Cedar Mountain August 9. Pope's Campaign in Northern Virginia August 16-September 2. Guard trains during battles of Bull Run August 28-30. Maryland Campaign September 6-22. Battle of Antietam September 16-17 (Reserve). Moved to Harper's Ferry, W. Va., September 22, and duty at Bolivar Heights till December. Reconnoissance to Rippon, W. Va., November 9. Reconnoissance to Winchester December 2-6. March to Stafford Court House December 10-14, and duty there till January 20, 1863. Burnside's second Campaign, "Mud March," January 20-24. At Stafford Court House till April 27. Chancellorsville Campaign April 27-May 6. Battle of Chancellorsville May 1-5. Gettysburg (Pa.) Campaign June 11-July 24. Battle of Gettysburg July 1-3. Pursuit of Lee to Manassas Gap, Va., July 5-24. Detached for duty at New York during draft disturbances August 29-September 8. Movement to Bridgeport, Ala., September 24-October 3. Reopening Tennessee River October 26-29. Chattanooga-Ringgold Campaign November 23-27. Battles of Lookout Mountain November 23-24. Mission Ridge November 25. Ringgold Gap, Taylor's Ridge, November 27. Duty at Bridgeport, Ala., till May, 1864. Atlanta (Ga.) Campaign May 1-September 8. Demonstrations on Rocky Face Ridge May 8-11. Dug Gap or Mill Creek May 8. Battle of Resaca May 14-15. Near Cassville May 19. New Hope Church May 25. Operations on line of Pumpkin Vine Creek and battles about Dallas, New Hope Church and Allatoona Hills May 25-June 5. Operations about Marietta and against Kenesaw Mountain June 10-July 2. Pine Hill June 11-14. Lost Mountain June 15-17. Gilgal or Golgotha Church June 15. Muddy Creek June 17. Noyes Creek June 19. Kolb's Farm June 22. Assault on Kenesaw June 27. Ruff's Station July 4. Chattahoochie River July 5-17. Peach Tree Creek July 19-20. Siege of Atlanta July 22-August 25. Operations at Chattahoochie River Bridge August 26-September 2. Occupation of Atlanta September 2-November 15. Near Atlanta November 9. March to the sea November 15-December 10. Buckhead Church December 2. Siege of Savannah December 10-21. Campaign of the Carolinas January to April, 1865. North Edisto River, S.C., February 12-13. Battle of Bentonville, N. C., March 19-21. Occupation of Goldsboro March 24. Advance on Raleigh April 10-14. Occupation of Raleigh April 14. Bennett's House April 26. Surrender of Johnston and his army. March to Washington, D.C., via Richmond, Va., April 29-May 20. Grand Review May 24. Moved to Louisville, Ky., June. Mustered out at Louisville, Ky., July 13, 1865. Regiment lost during service 6 Officers and 114 Enlisted men killed and mortally wounded and 1 Officer and 150 Enlisted men by disease. Total 271.

Thanks to Dr. Richard A. Sauers for the initial research and indexing of the National Tribune articles.

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