The Civil War in the East

29th Massachusetts Infantry Regiment

 

The 29th lost 4 officers and 53 enlisted men killed and mortally wounded and 4 officers and 95 enlisted men by disease, a total of 156.

 

Timeline of the 29th Massachusetts Infantry Regiment

December 13-17, 1861

Organized at Newport News, Va. from 1st Battalion Massachusetts Infantry (7 Cos.) and 3 new Companies (F, G and H) which Joined Regiment at Newport News, Va.

January 17, 1862

Attached to Newport News, Va., Dept. of Virginia and duty at Newport News, Va.

March 8

Sinking of the "Cumberland" and "Congress" by the Merrimac

March 9

Battle between "Monitor" and "Merrimac"

May 10

Occupation of Norfolk and Portsmouth. Attached to 1st Brigade, 1st Division, Dept. of Virginia

June

2nd Brigade, 1st Division, 2nd Army Corps, Army of the Potomac

June 6-7

Moved to Suffolk, thence to Portsmouth and White House Landing

June 8

March to Fair Oaks

June 15

Near Seven Pines

June 24

Fair Oaks

June 25-July 1

Seven days before Richmond

June 27

Gaines' Mill

June 29

Peach Orchard and Savage Station

June 30

White Oak Swamp and Glendale

July 1

Malvern Hill

July 2

At Harrison's Landing

August 16-30

Movement to Fortress Monroe, thence to Alexandria and Centreville

August 31-
September l

Cover retreat of Pope's army from Bull Run

September 16-17

Battle of Antietam, Md.

September 18 -
October 29

At Harper's Ferry, W. Va.

October 29 -
November 19

Advance up Loudoun Valley and movement to Falmouth

December

2nd Brigade, 1st Division, 9th Army Corps, Army of the Potomac

December 12-15

Battle of Fredericksburg

January 20-24, 1863

"Mud March"

February 12-14

Moved to Newport News

March 21-26

Moved to Kentucky and duty at Paris, Ky.

April

2nd Brigade. 1st Division, 9th Army Corps, Dept. of the Ohio

April 27-29

Moved to Nicholasville, Lancaster and Stanford

May 6-8

March to Somerset

June 4-10

Movement through Kentucky to Cairo, Ill.

June 14-17

To Vicksburg, Miss. and attached to 3rd Brigade, 2nd Division, 9th Army Corps, Army of the Tennessee

June 17-July 4

Siege of Vicksburg

July 4-10

Advance on Jackson, Miss.

July 10-17

Siege of Jackson, then at Milldale

August 12-23

Moved to Covington, Ky. and attached to 2nd Brigade. 1st Division, 9th Army Corps, Dept. of the Ohio

August to October

Burnside's Campaign in East Tennessee

October 10

Action at Blue Springs, then at Lenois

November-
December

Knoxville Campaign

November 16

Campbell's Station

November 17-
December 4

Siege of Knoxville

December 7-28

Pursuit of Longstreet and operations in East Tennessee

March 21-31, 1864

Veterans march to Nicholasville. Ky.

March 31-April 9

Moved to Covington, Ky.; Cincinnati, Ohio, and to Boston, Mass.

April 9 - May 15

On furlough

May 16-20

Moved to Washington, D.C.; thence to Belle Plain, Va.

May 28

Joined Army of the Potomac and attached to 2nd Brigade, 1st Division, 9th Army Corps, Army of the Potomac. Non-Veterans attached to 36th Massachusetts Infantry

May 28-31

Totopotomoy

June 1-3

Bethesda Church

June 1-12

Cold Harbor

June 15-19

Before Petersburg

June 16

Siege of Petersburg begins

July

1st Brigade, 1st Division, 9th Army Corps

July 30

Mine Explosion, Petersburg

August 18-21

Weldon Railroad

September

3rd Brigade, 1st Division, 9th Army Corps

September 29 -
October 2

Poplar Springs Church, Peeble's Farm

October 8

Reconnaissance on Vaughan and Squirrel Level Roads

October 27-28

Boydton Plank Road, Hatcher's Run

March 25, 1865

Fort Stedman

April 2

Assault on and fall of Petersburg

April 3

Occupation of Petersburg

April 21-28

Moved to Washington, D.C.

May 23

Grand Review

May - July

Provost duty at Washington and Alexandria

July 29, 1865

Mustered out