Henry George Hicks 1828-1862

Residence:  Saline County, IL

Age:  34

Height:  5'9 1/2"

Hair:  Dark

Eyes:  Dark

Complexion:  Dark

Marital Status:  Married

Occupation:  Farmer

The Twenty-Ninth Infantry was mustered into the United States service at Camp Butler, Illinois, August 19, 1861, by Captain T. G. Pitcher, U.S.A., and was commanding by Col. James S. Reardon, and was assigned to the Brigade of Brigadier General John A. McClernand.

Early in September it was ordered to Cairo. In October, formed a part of an expedition, under command of Colonel R. J. Oglesby, to Bloomfield, Mo. In January 1862, expedition into Kentucky, under Brigadier General McClernand. February 1862, regiment was assigned to the Brigade of Colonel R. J. Oglesby, (Eighth, Eighteenth, Twenty-ninth, Thirtieth and Thirty-first Illinois,) and Division of Brigadier General McClernand. This command was the first to enter Fort Henry, after its evacuation.

In the battle of Fort Donelson, the Brigade formed the extreme right of the line of investment, meeting the enemy first and fighting them longer than any other portion of the army. Regiment lost 100 men, killed and wounded, of which 30 were killed on the field.

March 1, 1862, the Regiment was assigned to Colonel L. F. Ross' Brigade, composed of Seventeenth, Twenty-ninth, Forty-third and Forty-ninth Illinois Volunteers, and proceeded to Savannah, Tennessee.

(***I assume that Henry was wounded at Fort Donelson.)