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- NOTE 1./ American Civil War Soldiers Record about Richard Singletary
Richard Singletary enlisted in the Georgia 29th Regiment of Volunteer Infantry, Company K, Army of the Tennessee, as a Private on December 1, 1862.In Macon, Georgia in 1864, he was transferred to Company C, 2nd Battalion Troops and Defense. Near High Point, North Carolina on April 27,1865. he is listed as #143 on the muster roll of Company E, 1st Confederate Battalion Georgia Infantry. This unit was formed April 9, 1865 and comprised the remaining members of the 25th, 29th, 30th, 66th Regiments of Georgia Infantry and the 1st Battalion Georgia Sharpshooters. Richard surrendered at the close of the Civil War in Greensboro, North Carolina on April 26, 1865 and later paroled there on May 1, 1865. Four companies of the 29th Regiment Georgia Infantry were made up in Thomas Co., GA between July 26 and October 4, 1861 and totaled approximately 538 men of which 202 were known to have died during the war. Living conditions were poor during the war for and many died from diseases. The 29th Regt. received its training at Camp Big Shanty, Georgia, north of Atlanta. After training they were deployed to defend the Savannah River Batteries and east coastal defenses as well as to guard stores and prisoners in the area. For the remainder of 1862 the unit was shuttled back and forth among southern coastal defenses, being in Wilmington, North Carolina on January 31, 1863 and by April 10 at Sumpter, South Carolina, where they were under the command of Col. C.C. Wilson in the 1st Georgia Brigade. On May 15, 1863 the 29th was ordered to report to General Pemberton at Jackson, Mississippi. On May 15, 1863 they were camped at Brandon, Mississippi with 15,000 men including the 46th Regt. GA. awaiting orders. They never served under General Pemberton as his forces were routed at the Battle of Champions Hill and fell back to Vicksburg and the ultimate "Siege of Vicksburg". Meanwhile, the men of the 29th began the long and bloody campaign which would end two years later with there surrender at Greensboro, North Carolina. The 29th Regt. was sent as reinforcements to help counter Union movements in Tennessee. On August 16, 1863 the Chickamauga Campaign began with maneuvers and skirmishes which led to the ill fated "Battle of Chickamauga" on September 19, 1863. The unit fought with great gallantry here under the Divison Commander, LT. General W.H.T. Walker, who would lead them until his death at the "Battle of Atlanta", July 22, 1864. Their Brigade Commander, Col. C.C. Wilson commended the men in dispatches for their "heroism and stubbornness in the face of the enemy". In the nineteen months that followed the "Battle of Chickamauga", the men of the 29th Regt., GA fought in the following battles: Ringgold, Georgia; Lookout Mountain, Tennessee ; Resaca, Kennesaw Mountain Pine Mountain, Marietta, Peachtree Creek, Atlanta, Jonesboro, all in Georgia and Franklin, Nashville and Murfreeboro, Tennessee as well other skirmishes and engagements until the surrender of General Joseph Johnston in Greensboro, North Carolina to General Sherman. Of those captured during these engagements, a number were sent to Camp Chase, Ohio, where some died of disease.
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Abt 1828 - Aft 1880 (> 53 years)
