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Twenty-Ninth Ohio Infantry

This information comes from History of Geauga and Lake Counties, Ohio, Williams Brothers, Philadelphia, 1878

Transcribed and submitted by Becky Falin, 1997.

Roster of Soldiers from Geauga and Lake Counties

Field and Staff

Colonel William T Fitch, discharged on account of wounds, Oct 13, 1864

Regimental Band

John Price, mustered out by order of General Shields, July 2, 1862
Lewis Price, mustered out by order of General Shields, July 2, 1862

Company A

John Exene
John Bartlett
A Exene
F Mowry
G Mowry
J M Sober
A McNaughton

Company B

D Baur
George Stocking

Company D

James Fleming
E H Wright

Company E

R Dewey

Company F

Captain John F Morse, enlisted September 28, 1861, resigned April 15, 1862
1st Lieutenant H Gregory, enlisted September 28, 1861, resigned January 26, 1863 for disability
2d Lieutenant Eleazar Burridge, enlisted September 18, 1861, promoted to captain, resigned February 3, 1863 for disability
1st Sergeant H L Martindale, enlisted September 28, 1861, discharged May 10, 1862 for disability
Sergeant James Jerome, enlisted September 28, 1861, discharged September 16, 1862 for wounds
Sergeant R H Baldwin, enlisted September 28, 1861, promoted to captain, resigned November 1, 1864
Sergeant S Hall, enlisted September 28, 1861, discharged November 10, 1862 for disability
Sergeant M E Gregory, enlisted September 28, 1861, discharged August 1, 1862 for disability
Corporal C Woodford, enlisted September 28, 1861, promoted to Sergeant, March 1, 1863
Corporal H Macomber, enlisted September 28, 1861, discharged October 18, 1862 for disability
Corporal N B Noyes, enlisted September 28, 1861, discharged November 25, 1862 for disability
Corporal George Gray, enlisted October 10, 1861, promoted to Sergeant, discharged February 18, 1863 for disability
Corporal Burton Pickett, enlisted September 28, 1861, died August 14, 1862 of wounds
Corporal C Valkenburg, enlisted September 28, 1861, discharged November 8, 1862 for disability
Corporal N Harvey, enlisted October 9, 1861, discharged December 12, 1862 for disability
Corporal C N Hayes, enlisted September 28, 1861
Fifer O E Stickney, enlisted September 28, 1861, died April 28, 1863
Drummer J Scoffield, enlisted October 7, 1861, discharged February 18, 1863 for disability
Wagoner J H Whitney, enlisted September 28, 1861
D Auringer, enlisted November 7, 1861 discharged February 18, 1862 for disability
J A Austin, enlisted December 14, 1861, died April 12, 1862
J Boughton, enlisted October 10, 1861, discharged June 23, 1862 for disability
C Boughton, enlisted October 20, 1861, discharged May 10, 1862 for disability
H E Balch, enlisted September 28, 1861, died February 18, 1862
S E Balch, enlisted September 28, 1861, promoted to corporal, May 1, 1865
John Blodgett, enlisted October 7, 1861, transferred to Company K
H M Babcock, enlisted November 7, 1861, transferred to Company K, Cavalry
J D Belknap, enlisted October 17, 1861, died June 17, 1864
J Briggs, enlisted November 21, 1861, discharged October 9, 1862, for disability
A Case, enlisted October 12, 1861, promoted to sergeant, March 1, 1865
A Cole, enlisted October 7, 1861, discharged by General Order 77
H C Canfield, enlisted October 7, 1861, discharged August 10, 1864
C V Clark, enlisted October 17, 1861, discharged November 12, 1862
J Carson, enlisted September 28, 1861, transferred to Invalid Corps, August 1863
R Carmon, enlisted September 28, 1861, discharged October 20
C Cain, enlisted September 28, 1861
W Call, enlisted September 28, 1861
W Chadwick, enlisted September 28, 1861, minor, discharged at request of father
M P Durkee, enlisted November 21, 1861, discharged August 28, 1863 for disability
F Dimock, enlisted November 31, 1861, died February 28, 1862
T Dowling, enlisted September 28, 1861
M Dowling, enlisted September 28, 1861, died May 18, 1862
P Dowling, enlisted November 28, 1861, transferred to First Pioneer Brigade
J S Dustin, enlisted September 28, 1861, killed June 15, 1864
R Davidson, enlisted October 17, 1861
E Ewer, enlisted October 15, 1861, discharged November 1, 1862 for disability
J Fleming, enlisted September 28, 1861, transferred to Company C
M Flinn, enlisted September 28, 1861, transferred to Invalid Corps, December 9, 1863
J Foss, enlisted October 8, 1861
F Flood, enlisted October 10, 1861
E L Gray, enlisted October 17, 1861
Y E Gregory, enlisted September 28, 1861, discharged February 4, 1863 for disability
D D Hill, enlisted September 28, 1861
I I Houghkirk, enlisted September 28, 1861
A J Hanoun, enlisted September 28, 1861, discharged June 10, 1862 for disability
A D Hanoun, enlisted October 9, 1861, discharged February 18, 1862 for disability
F R Johnson, enlisted September 28, 1861, killed in action, June 9, 1862
J D Johnson, enlisted October 7, 1861, killed in action, July 3, 1863
P Joice, enlisted October 20, 1861, discharged May 10, 1862 for disability
William Knox, enlisted October 16, 1861, transferred to Company K
James King, enlisted October 10, 1861, transferred to Invalid Corps, August 1, 1863
W Lindsley, enlsited October 7, 1861, transferred to Invalid Corps, March 22, 1864
M Malone, enlisted September 28, 1861, discharged November 12, 1862, for disability
J C McLean, enlisted September 28, 1861, discharged November 12, 1862 for disability
S McLean, enlisted November 1, 1861
J Manley, enlisted September 28, 1861
A Neal, enlisted September 28, 1861, died August 12, 1862 of wounds
F Neno, enlisted December 25, 1861, discharged August 12, 1862 for disability
George Neno, enlisted October 16, 1861, died August 12, 1862 of wounds
E S Ontiss, enlisted September 28, 1861, discharged November 12, 1862 for disability
G A Patchin, enlisted November 28, 1861, discharged December 12, 1862 for disability
J B Pickett, enlisted October 11, 1861
A B Paine, enlisted October 11, 1861, promoted to captain, June 28, 1865
E Reed, Jr., enlisted October 23, 1861
T Ryne, enlisted October 20, 1861, discharged April 14, 1863 for disability
L Rynd, enlisted October 20, 1861, discharged June 10, 1862 for disability
P Smith, enlisted November 1, 1861
C Smith, enlisted September 28, 1861, discharged November 16, 1862 for disability
S M Smith, enlisted October 10, 1861, killed in action, June 9, 1862
S B Smith, enlisted October 17, 1861
P Smith, enlisted September 18, 1861, discharged April 4, 1863 for disability
P Shelby, enlisted September 28, 1861, discharged February 18, 1863 for disability
A Sperry, enlisted September 28, 1861, discharged February 18, 1863 for disability
A E Sanford, enlisted September 28, 1861, discharged by Special Order No. 77
O F Stetson, enlisted September 28, 1861
J Saspield, enlisted October 18, 1861, transferred to Company K
T Taylor, Jr., enlisted September 18, 1861, discharged October 1, 1862 for disability
E W Taylor, enlisted November 20, 1861, discharged October 1, 1862, for disability
J Thorp, enlisted October 5, 1861, discharged August 12, 1862 for disability
L Walker, enlisted November 7, 1861
G T Wicks, enlisted October 8, 1861, discharged April 3, 1863 for disability
O E Wilson, enlisted October 15, 1861
C F Waldron, enlisted October 15, 1861, transferred to Invalid Corps, March 7, 1863
George Williams, enlisted October 21, 1862, died June 27, 1864 of wounds
E Williams, enlisted October 21, 1861, promoted to Sergeant, died May 23, 1862
S Balch, veteran, promoted to corporal

Company K

J J Taylor
D M Turner
George Perry
S Pierce
F Fales
T Johnson

Twenty-Ninth Ohio Infantry

Soon after the disaster at Bull Run, a little knot of citizens gathered together in front of the post office at Jefferson, waiting for details of the battle, when the Hon. J R Giddings, who was then at home from Canada, came up and entered into the subject of conversations, which of course was the late battle, and its effect, and the prospect before us. He said, "We must raise up a regiment in this county, and I am ready to do anything and all in my power to promote it. We can raise the men beyond doubt, and they ought to be ready for the field in sixty days. This reverse is necessary to excite us to action, and now is the time for us to move." He immediately procured an order from the War Department for the enlistment and organization of a regiment from the northeastern part of the State. The orders provided for this regiment designated it as the Twenty-ninth, and Jefferson as the place of rendezvous, the camp to be known as Camp Giddings. This camp was located on the grounds of the County Agricultural Society. The first company of the Twenty-ninth was organized on the 11th of August, 1861, and went into camp on Monday, August 19. By the 1st of December the regiment was fully organized, with Lewis P Buckley, colonel; Thomas Clark, lieutenant-colonel; and John S Clemmer, major. While in camp a splendid stand of colors was presented to the Twenty-ninth by the ladies of this and adjoining counties, on which occasion Hon. J R Giddings addresses the members of the regiment as follows:

"Officers and soldiers: The ladies have prepared a splendid national and regimental stand of colors, and have imposed on me the pleasant duty of presenting them to the regiment. In all past ages civilized nations have gone forth to war under their own banner, on which was inscribed some device, figure, or emblem peculiar to such nation. Thus each tribe among the Israelites had their particular banner. The early Christians fought under the cross; the Romans under the golden eagle; the Mohammedans under the cresent. The founders of our government selected for their colors a groundwork of blue, representing immutable justice and unlimited power, on which the stars represented light, twinkling in the vaulted heavens, while in the mid ether the bird of Jove is floating, a fitting representation of the ease and power with which liberty and civilization are gliding over the earth, while the stars, with the stripes of red and white, represent the vital principles and purity of our institutions. (Addressing Colonel Buckley) To you, sir, as commanding, I present these beautiful standard, for the use and benefit of the regiment. On behalf of the fair donors I confide these national and regimental standards to the care of yourself, your gallant officers, and men. Wherever you go, let them be borne aloft and respected as the emblem of universal freedom to all who seek your protection. Preserve them unstained. Bear in mind that you go forth to fight battles of the human race for all coming time. Remember the cause in which you are engaged. Your own heroic deeds shall be enshrined in our memories, recorded in our history, admired by coming generations, and approved by a holy and just God!"

Colonel Buckley replied, "I receive this stand of colors in behalf of the Twenty-ninth regiment. I return, through you, to the noble and patriotic ladies of Ashtabula and Summit counties, our grateful thanks, and whenever and wherever it is unfurled to the breeze, and we look upon its stars and stripes, may we then remember the generous donors and the vow we this day make! This flag, the flag of our country, which has been our pride and our boast, and which is respected by all civilized nations, - this flag, thank God, shall yet wave triumphantly wherever it has been struck down! Companions, when we look upon this beautiful flag, may it inspire us to redouble our energies to do our duty to our beloved country; and if God, in his providence, permits us to return to home and kindred, may this flag come back with us to bear witness that the Twenty-ninth Ohio Volunteers were in the thickest of the fight!"

On Christmas morning, December, 1861, the Twenty-ninth left Camp Giddings, via Ashtabula, for Camp Chase, remaining at the latter camp until January 17, 1862, when it was ordered to Virginia, in consequence of the Confederate advance, under Jackson, upon Romney. At Patterson's creek, Virginia, the regiment was assigned to the division of General Lander, and to the brigade of Colonel E B Tyler, of the Seventh Ohio. After the death of General Lander, General James Shields assumed command of the division, and the march commenced towards Winchester. The enemy was met on the 23d of March, at Kernstown. Here the Twenty-ninth fought its first battle, losing three killed and ten wounded, and afterwards following in the pursuit of Jackson as far as Strasburg. It marched with its divisions to Falmouth, where General McDowell's army was reviewed by President Lincoln. After a long march, the Twenty-ninth again met the enemy at Port Republic, June 9, 1862, where a severe battle was fought, in which it lost fourteen killed and thirty-six wounded, with over one hundred missing. Captain Horatio Luce fell in this battle. August 9, 1862, the Twenty-ninth fought at Cedar Mountain, Virginia, losing six men killed and fifty-two wounded. The Twenty-ninth next met the enemy at Chancellorsville, May 1, 1862, fighting through the three terrible days following, and was posted near the Chancellor House, in the rear of a line of rude earthworks, where solid shot plowed the ground near its position. The enemy had gained a part of the works to the right, where an assault was made upon them, in which was Twenty-ninth was closely engaged. At this battle the Twenty-ninth lost seventy-two killed and wounded. At Gettysburg, July 1, 2 and 3, the Twenty-ninth was next engaged, losing thirty-seven killed and wounded. It was ordered to relieve the One Hundred and Thirty-seventh New York Infantry in the works, which had nearly expended its ammunition. In passing over a slight elevation, swept by the musketry of the enemy, the principal loss was sustained. From Gettysburg the Twenty-ninth marched with the army southward, and early on the morning of the 31st of July crossed the Rappahannock river at Kelly's ford, in the face of the enemy. August 16 the Twenty-ninth, with the Ohio regiments of its brigade, started for New York city, to aid in enforcing order during the draft. Returning to Virginia, it was soon sent with Hookers' army to Tennessee, and engaged in the battle of Lookout Mountain, November 24, 1863. December 22 it was re-mustered into the service as a veteran organization, and furloughed for thirty days. Returning to the field, it fought at Dug Gap, Georgia, May 8, 1864, losing over one hundred men killed and wounded. This was a strong pass in the Chatooga range; its sides are steep, covered with forests and rocks, rising eight hundred feet above Mill creek. Along the top, facing westward, rise palisades, impossible to scale. In addition to the natural strength of the position were breastworks, occupied by the enemy. The Twenty-ninth came wihtin range of a destructive fire from the enemy in this stronghold. Sixty rounds of ammunition were soon exhausted, but by emptying the cartridge-boxes of the dead a desultory fire was kept up until near dark, when the command was given to retire. At this battle Colonel Fitch, Lieutenant-Colonel Hayes, and Adjutant Stover were wounded, and Lieutenant Grant killed. In this terrible assault twenty-one were killed and eighty-four wounded. May 15, at Resaca, the Twenty-ninth had three men wounded. At New Hope Church, Georgia, May 25, the regiment fought at night until darkess ended the contest. Here it was under fire until June 1. June 15, at Pine Hill, the Twenty-ninth was engaged in an assault upon the enemy's earthworks, and its loss was severe. The next morning it could stack but seventy muskets. It fought at Peach Tree Creek and engaged in the siege of Atlanta, marched with Sherman down to the sea, participated in the siege and capture of Savannah, and in the marches through the Carolinas. The Twenty-ninth participated in the great review at Washington, May 24, and soon afterwards was sent to Louisville, Kentucky, where it was mustered out July 13, 1865. July 22 it was disbanded at Cleveland, Ohio. The rolls of the Twenty-ninth Ohio Infantry bear the names of fifteen hundred and thirty two men, of whom five hundred and forty were killed, wounded or missing.