The 29th Georgia Volunteer Infantry was formed from various independent companies on October 22, 1861. They served primarily in the Department of South Carolina and Georgia, and its later designation Department of South Carolina, Georgia and Florida, until May 1863. During their first year, they were trained and stationed at various camps in and near Savannah including: Camp Lawton, Camp Nelson, Camp Tattnall, Camp Young, Camp Wilson, and Causton's Bluff. The Regiment was reorganized, May 7, 1862, following the passage of the Conscription Act (April 16, 1862). Captain William J. Young of Company B was promoted to Colonel on May 10th. All company letter designations changed, and several new officers were elected. The 29th fought with the Army of Tennessee, participating in siege of Jackson, the Atlanta Campaign, Franklin and Nashville. They surrendered in North Carolina. Companies of the GA 29th Infantry Regiment After The May 7, 1862 Reorganization Company A - Capt. W. W. Billopp(September 9, 1861-July 1863) ChathamGeorgia Foresters Company B - Capt. John J. Owen (October 1, 1861-January 19, 1864) DoughertyStephens Volunteers Company C - Capt. Hiram C. Bowen(October 4, 1861-1865) ThomasThe Seventeenth Patriots Company D - Capt. John Wesley Turner, Jr.(November 6, 1861-December 16, 1864)FloydBerry Infantry Company E - Capt. William W. Spencer (May 10, 1862-September 20, 1863) ThomasOchlockonee Light Infantry Company F - Capt. John D. Henderson (May 7, 1862-October 7, 1863) Capt. Augustus H. Harrell(October 7, 1863-December 7, 1864) Capt. Robert H. Harris(February 15, 1864-1865) Thomasville County -Thomasville Guards Company G - Capt. Edwin B. Carroll(August 8, 1862-July 22, 1864)Capt. Levi J. Knight, Jr.(May 7, 1862-December 16, 1864) Berrien, Clinch,& LowndesBerrien Minutemen, Company A Company H - Capt. Reuben Y. Stanford (May 7, 1862-January 24, 1865)ClinchAlapaha Guards Company I - Capt. George T. Burch (May 12, 1862-1864)Capt. Robert Thomas Johnson(1864-December 16, 1864)Thomas Thomas County Volunteers Company K - Capt. Jonathan D. Knight(May 13, 1862-July 22, 1864)Berrien, Clinch, & Lowndes Counties. - Berrien Minutemen, Company B"