Thomas Jefferson Lamb

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Private
Company H
29th Tennessee Infantry
Confederate States
Civil War

Confederate Private (not Thomas Jefferson Lamb)
Thomas Jefferson Lamb
7 May 1841
14 Jan 1880

Confederate flag
Seal of Tennessee

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Military Record
Commanders
29th Tennessee Infantry

Military Record
source: Civil War Soldiers And Sailors System
www.itd.nps.gov/cwss/index.html

Confederate soldiers

Thomas J. Lamb

Regiment Name: 29 Tennessee Infantry
Side: Confederate
Company: H
Soldier's Rank In: Private
Soldier's Rank Out: Private

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Commanders
source: Tennesseans In The Civil War - 29th Tennessee Infantry Regiment
www.tngenweb.org/civilwar/csainf/csa29.html
Confederate officer

Colonel Samuel Powel
Colonel Horace Rice
Colonel William P. Bishop
Lieutenant Colonel Reuben Arnold
Lieutenant Colonel Horace Rice
Lieutenant Colonel John B. Johnson
Lieutenant William P. Bishop
Major Horace Rice
Major John B. Johnson
Major Absalom Kyle Blevins
Major Samuel L. McKamy

Captain James H. Coulter/Coulston
Captain Thomas S. Rumbough
Captain James W. Henshaw

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29th Tennessee Infantry
source: Civil War Soldiers And Sailors System
www.itd.nps.gov/cwss/regiments.htm
Confederate soldier

30 Sep 1861	Organized Henderson's Mill, Greene County TN
Oct 1861	Marched toward Barbourville and London KY
21 Oct 1861	Engagement at Rock Castle KY, 29th Tennessee not actively engaged though
19 Jan 1862	Fought at Battle of Fishing Creek
Feb 1862	Retreated through Tennessee to Mississippi
26-29 Mar 1862	Stationed at Iuka MS
May 1862	Reorganized after Battle of Shiloh
30 Jun to 22 Nov 1862	Moved to Corinth to Tupelo MS, Tupelo to Chattanooga TN, then to Kentucky
8 Oct 1862	Fought at Munfordville and Perryville KY
31 Dec 1862	Battle of Murfreesboro
19-20 Sep 1863	Battle of Chickamauga
19 Oct 1863	Moved to Sweetwater TN
9 Nov 1863	Returned to Missionary Ridge
25 Nov 1863	Battle of Missionary Ridge
Feb 1864	Expedition to Mississippi, reached Demopolis AL
May 1864	Participated in Atlanta campaign, Maj. Blevins killed 29 May
30 Nov 1864	Battle of Franklin, Col. Rice wounded and taken prisoner
16 Dec 1864	Battle of Nashville
21 Mar 1865	Moved to Carolinas to join Johnston's forces and fought at Battle of Bentonville NC
Apr 1865	Surrendered
2 May 1865	Paroled at Greensboro NC

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Military Record Commanders 29th Tennessee Infantry

Military Record
Commanders
29th Tennessee Infantry