Virginia 29th Infantry, Company E (Confederate)

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Company mustered in on November 5th, 1861. Company mustered out of service on April 9th, 1865 at Appomattox Court House, Virginia.

Notable Battles:

• Dinwiddie Court House fought on March 31st, 1865 near Dinwiddie Court House, Virginia (5 wounded, 0 died, 0 imprisoned)
• Five Forks fought on April 1st, 1865 near Five Forks, Virginia (0 wounded, 3 died, 1 imprisoned)

Facts about this Company:

• Number of Soldiers: 154
• First Enlistment Place: Carroll, Virginia
• First Enlistment Date: 1861-06-01 (1 soldier)
• Most Common Enlistment Place: Carroll, Virginia (85 soldiers)
• Most Common Enlistment Date: 1861-08-06 (74 soldiers)
• Youngest Soldier at Enlistment: 17 -- Chappell, Henry Alexander
• Oldest Soldier at Enlistment: 50 -- Ayres, William Riley
• Average Age at Enlistment: 27.4 years old
• Median Age at Enlistment: 25.0 years old
• Wounded In Regiment: 26 (16%)
• Prisoner Of War While In Regiment: 18 (11%)
• Soldiers That Died While In Regiment: 28 (17%)
• Soldiers That Died While In War: 30 (18%)

Commander List: (#Prisoner Of War, ^Wounded, %=Died during war)

• Allen, Jeremiah (Second Lieutenant, August 1861 - April 1862)
• Allen, William Henry (#Corporal, May 1862 - ?)
• Auburn, William J. (%Sergeant, June 1862 - April 1864)
• Beamer, William H. (^Sergeant, February 1863 - ?)
• Branson, John W. (%Sergeant, June 1862 - December 1862)
• Branson, Stewart L. (^Corporal, May 1862 - ?)
• Bryant, Benjamin Creed (%Fifer, July 1861 - August 1862)
• Chappell, James F. (Corporal, June 1861 - July 1862)
• Chappell, William (Corporal, August 1861 - ?)
• Cloud, George Washington (Captain/Colonel, December 1863 - May 1865)
• Cloud, William H. (Corporal, August 1861 - ?)
• Crotts, John (Corporal, June 1862 - July 1862)
• Dean, Alfred Washington (Corporal, June 1862 - July 1864)
• Dean, Calvin Nathan (Corporal, August 1861 - April 1865)
• Edwards, Green B. (%Corporal, May 1862 - April 1865)
• Edwards, J A (^%Sergeant, June 1862 - September 1864)
• Fleming, John A. (First Sergeant, August 1862 - ?)
• Fleming, Samuel Marquis (#Corporal/Second Lieutenant, June 1862 - ?)
• Gwynn, Thomas N. (^Second Lieutenant, August 1861 - June 1862; Color Sergeant, April 1864 - ?)
• Haynes, Alexander (^%Captain, August 1861 - November 1862; Major, November 1862 - April 1863; Lieutenant Colonel/Major, April 1863 - May 1864)
• Haynes, William H. (^Sergeant, August 1861 - June 1862)
• Johnson, Jacob J (%Corporal, August 1861 - May 1862)
• Johnson, Van Edom (Corporal, February 1863 - December 1863)
• Jones, Francis (Sergeant, June 1862 - ?)
• Jones, Levi F. (Second Lieutenant, May 1862 - November 1862; First Lieutenant, November 1862 - March 1863; First Lieutenant, March 1863 - September 1863)
• Lyon, William S. (^Second Lieutenant, August 1862 - ?)
• McCraw, Francis M. (First Lieutenant, August 1861 - May 1862)
• McMillen, James L (^Junior Second Lieutenant/Second Lieutenant, August 1861 - May 1862; First Lieutenant, May 1862 - November 1862; Captain, November 1862 - ?)
• Rakes, D C (#Corporal, August 1862 - ?)
• Smith, Albert H. (#Corporal/Sergeant, August 1862 - ?)
• Smith, Jesse William (#First Lieutenant/First Sergeant, August 1861 - August 1862; Second Lieutenant, August 1862 - September 1863; First Lieutenant, September 1863 - ?)
• Thomas, David Crockett (Corporal, June 1862 - ?)
• Thomas, Samuel (Sergeant, August 1861 - July 1862)
• Towe, John Harrison (^Corporal, February 1863 - April 1864; Second Lieutenant/Junior Second Lieutenant, July 1864 - ?)

Soldier List: (#Prisoner Of War, ^Wounded, %=Died during war)

• Allen, Anderson
• Allen, Robert
• Amburn, Willis H
• Ayers, Anderson (^)
• Ayres, Andrew J (%)
• Ayres, James Jackson
• Ayres, Joshua (#^)
• Ayres, Madison (%)
• Ayres, William Riley
• Bobbitt, Green B (#)
• Bond, John
• Bowling, Doctor G.
• Boyd, Martin V (%)
• Brancher, J B (#)
• Branson, Augustus S
• Branson, Greenberry M (#)
• Bryant, Samuel
• Bryant, Samuel
• Cain, Eli C
• Carlon, Floyd (%)
• Chappell, Henry Alexander (#)
• Chappell, William
• Cloud, James L. (^)
• Combs, Berry (^)
• Combs, Churchwill (^)
• Combs, Sylvester Marion
• Combs, William
• Combs, Zadoc (%)
• Cozort, Allen Green
• Crotts, Lewis
• Dean, Josiah (%)
• East, Golden
• Edwards, James L.
• Edwards, John W
• Edwards, Thomas J
• Edwards, William Albert (^)
• Edwards, William P.
• Fleming, A P (%)
• Fleming, Benjamin M
• Fleming, Benjamin M
• Fleming, Mason Walker
• Guynn, Edward
• Guynn, John J
• Guynn, Joseph C. (^)
• Guynn, Lemuel (%)
• Gwynn, James
• Gynn, Aaron (#^)
• Harden, James
• Harrold, Enos Sylvester (^)
• Hawks, A B
• Hawks, Calvin
• Hawks, Hugh
• Hawks, John T
• Hawks, Solomon (%)
• Haynes, John
• Haynes, Littleberry
• Haynes, Stephen M.
• Haynes, Stephen M.
• Herrold, Galen
• Hiatt, Anderson
• Hiatt, Jesse E.
• Hiatt, Uriah Franklin
• Johnson, Albert Chapman (%)
• Johnson, Alexander
• Johnson, Calvin C (%)
• Johnson, Christopher Columbus
• Johnson, Doctor E (%)
• Johnson, Eliphelet (%)
• Johnson, Jacob J. (%)
• Johnson, John
• Johnson, Levi Jackson (^)
• Jones, Churchwell
• Jones, James C
• Jones, James F
• Lambert, James Riley
• Leonard, Hubbard (^)
• Leonard, Jacob (#)
• Leonard, Jesse
• Lewis, Anthony F.
• Low, William (^)
• Mankins, Jesse Ewell (%)
• Marion, Jesse (#)
• Marrs, B D (#)
• Marshall, Leroy R
• Martin, Daniel
• McCraw, James
• McCraw, Mordecia H (%)
• McMillen, Ewell J
• McMillen, Joel A
• McMillen, Joseph F
• McMillen, William
• McMillian, Greenville P (^)
• McMillian, John
• McMillian, Leftwich (%)
• McMillian, Lorenzo Dow (#)
• Nestor, Andrew (%)
• Noonkester, Adam (%)
• Noonkester, Michael
• Payne, J R
• Phibbs, Washington D. (^)
• Spencer, Ewell (%)
• Staples, Robert Miflin
• Suratt, William P (#)
• Tate, Armstead J
• Tate, James A
• Tate, John A (#)
• Tate, Levi (^)
• Tate, Uriah
• Tate, William (^)
• Thomas, John
• Thomas, William E.
• Thomas, William Henry (^)
• Tilley, Joel F. (#)
• Towe, Albert Hamilton
• Towe, William Henry
• Vaughan, Jackson (%)
• Vaughan, Washington (%)
• Walls, Lindsey L.
• Ward, William H.
• Williams, Francis