29th Illinois Volunteer Infantry Regiment
- 29th Illinois Volunteer Infantry Regiment
Infobox Military Unit
unit_name= 29th Regiment Illinois Volunteer Infantry
caption=Illinois state flag
dates= August 19, 1861 to November 6, 1865
country= United States
allegiance= Union
branch= Infantry
equipment=
battles= Battle of Shiloh
The 29th Regiment Illinois Volunteer Infantry was an infantry regiment that
served in the Union Army during the American Civil War.
ervice
The 29th Illinois Infantry was organized at Camp Butler, Illinois and mustered into Federal service on August 15, 1861.
The regiment was mustered out on November 6, 1865.
Total strength and casualties
The regiment suffered 5 officers and 70 enlistedmen who were killed in action or who died of
their wounds and 3 officers and 222 enlistedmen who died of disease, for a total of 300
fatalities. [http://www.civilwararchive.com/Unreghst/unilinf3.htm#29th The Civil War
Archive website after Dyer, Frederick Henry. A Compendium of the War of the Rebellion. 3
vols. New York: Thomas Yoseloff, 1959.]
Commanders
*Colonel James S. Rearden
*Colonel Mason Brayman
*Colonel Charles M. Ferrill
*Colonel Loren Kent - Mustered out with the
regiment. [http://www.rootsweb.com/~ilcivilw/f&s/029-fs.htm Illinois in the Civil War
website after Illinois Adjutant General's muster rolls ]
ee also
*List of Illinois Civil War Units
*Illinois in the American Civil War
Notes
References
* [http://www.civilwararchive.com/unionil.htm The Civil War Archive]
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