John C Rigdon

Historical Sketch and Roster of the North Carolina 29th Infantry Regiment John C Rigdon

The North Carolina 29th Infantry Regiment was organized at Camp Patton, Asheville, North Carolina, September 24, 1861. Men were recruited from Cherokee, Yancey, Buncombe, Jackson, Madison, Haywood, and Mitchell counties. The 29th North Carolina was assigned to various brigades in the Department of East Tennessee and sent to East Tennessee where it was active in the Cumberland Gap operations until December 1862. In December, 1862, the 29th was assigned to General Rains' Brigade. At the Battle of Murfreesboro (Stones River) they were in Rains' brigade of McCown's division of Kirby Smith's corps, serving in Hardee's corps. Rain's Brigade consisted of the 3d Ga. Battalion, Lieut.-Col. M. A. Stovall; 9th Ga. Battalion, Maj. Joseph T. Smith; 29th N. C., Col. R. B. Vance; 11th Tenn., Col. G. W. Gordon, Lieut.-Col. William Thedford; Ala. Battery (Eufaula Light Art'y), Lieut. W. A. McDuffie. The 29th fought throughout the Atlanta Campaign, Franklin and Nashville, and ended the war in Alabama. Company A - Captain, Wm. C. Walker, Cherokee County; First Lieutenant, J. S. Anderson, Clay County; Second Lieutenant, W. B. Nelson, Cherokee County. Company B - Captain, Wm. B. Creasman, Yancey County; First Lieutenant, Wm. A. Fay, Yancey County; Second Lieutenant, David M. Ray, Yancey County. Company C - Captain, Jas. M. Lowry, Buncombe County; First Lieutenant, Malachi W. Reeves, Madison County; Second Lieutenant, John W. Gudger, Buncombe County. Company D - Captain John A. Jarvis, Madison County; First Lieutenant, Arthur A. Dewese, Madison County; Second Lieutenant, Wm. H. Brown, Madison County. Company E - Captain, Hiram Rogers, Haywood County; First Lieutenant, Wm. B. Ferguson, Haywood County; Second Lieutenant, John A. Teague, Haywood County. Company F - Captain, Wm. A. Enloe, Jackson County; First Lieutenant, Jas. A. Thompson, Jackson County; Second Lieutenant, Jas. Conley, Jackson County. Company G - Captain, M. Chandler, Yancey County; First Lieutenant, Wm. D. Williams, Yancey County; Second Lieutenant, E. H. Hampton, Yancey County. Company H - Captain, Robert B. Vance, Buncombe County; First Lieutenant, John H. Robeson, Buncombe County; Second Lieutenant, Wiley F. Parker, Buncombe County. Company I - Captain John C. Blaylock, Mitchell County; First Lieutenant, James S. Garland, Mitchell County; Sec ond Lieutenant, David M. Young, Mitchell County. Company K - Captain, B. S. Proffett, Yancey County; First Lieutenant, B. G. Whittington, Yancey County; Second Lieutenant, Jas. C. Proffett, Yancey County; J. E, Neill, Assistant Quartermaster.