Journal History of the Twenty-Ninth 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

On the 27th day of January, after the order to march was issued, the Twenty-ninth broke camp and marched at 8 A. M., in rear of the Sixty-sixth Ohio regiment; halted at 2 P. M....

President Lincoln, in his inaugural address of March 4, 1861, said: “I have no purpose, directly or indirectly, to interfere with the institution of slavery in the States where...

Tuesday, the 8th instant, the Twenty-ninth was very busy holding election. Detachments from other organizations were permitted to vote at the Twenty-ninth headquarters. The Twen...

August 8th, the regiment moved at 2 o’clock, advanced to Culpeper Court House, and went into camp; and at 10:40, on the morning of August 9th, moved forward in the direction of...

June 22d we move to the front, and occupy a ridge on Culp’s farm, which covers the level on our front. We had been but a short time in this position when the rebel General Hood’...

July 21st, heavy skirmishing on our right. 22d, we moved forward in pursuit of the retreating rebels. 23d, we are now strongly intrenched, within two miles of Atlanta, Georgia;...

At Pumpkin Vine creek we discover the enemy and drive back his skirmishers, who are stationed on its opposite bank, recovering the bridge, which we cross and throw out skirmishe...

The regiment remained at Monocacy junction, guarding the immense supply trains which had accumulated here by reason of the burned bridge. Sergeant Baldwin relates that a lot of...

July 1, 1863, the Twenty-ninth regiment, under command of Captain Edward Hayes, marched at 6:30 A. M., passed through Littletown and on towards Gettysburg. After moving some fiv...

On the morning of May 3, 1864, at 10 o’clock, we broke camp, crossed the Tennessee river, and moved eastward along its south bank to Shelmound, where we encamped for the night....

The pursuit of the retreating enemy was commenced by the Twelfth army corps at 1 o’clock P. M., on July 5th. At night we encamped at Littletown, Pennsylvania, and on the followi...

At 5 o’clock on the morning of June 6th, the army pushed forward after the retreating enemy. When about two miles from Ackworth Station he makes a stand, and we wheel into line,...

The morning of May 1st dawned upon a scene of bustle and active preparation for the bloody work which was to follow. Troops had been arriving during the entire night from the di...

Christmas morning, 1861, dawned clear, with the earth bountifully covered with snow, and soon the busy preparations for this the first march were apparent everywhere. Knapsacks...

The line of General Geary’s division now extends along the foot of Lookout mountain, parallel with the rebel line, and only separated from it by the creek along its base. For ne...

On June 9th, in the dim light of early morning the enemy began to move, and soon our artillery opened a brisk fire on them. The Twenty-ninth regiment, under command of Colonel B...

At early dawn on the morning of March 24th the Union army pushed forward in pursuit of the retreating rebels. The Twenty-ninth deployed as skirmishes in the advance. Many wounde...

While at Murfreesboro scouts reported that Wheeler’s cavalry was in the vicinity, and the Second division (Geary’s) was pushed forward to meet it, the First division remaining t...

On the morning of July 20th, just as old Sol was tinting the east with his rosy hue, our army began a general forward movement, the Twentieth corps in this advance being on the...

At an early hour on the morning of May 15th sharp skirmishing opened along our entire front. General Geary’s Second division moved a short distance to the left and halted for or...

At Kernstown, some four miles south of Winchester, Jackson’s command, numbering fully fifteen thousand men, was massed, and on March 22d attacked the Union outposts. The citizen...