29th Iowa Infantry Regiment

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ORGANIZATIONAL HISTORY:

• Organized at Camp Dodge, Council Bluffs, and mustered in Dec 1, 1862.
• March to St. Joseph, Missouri, Dec 5-9, 1862; then to Benton Barracks, Missouri, Dec 19-20.
• Attached to District of St. Louis, Mo., Dept. of Missouri, to Jan 1863.
• 2nd Brigade, 13th Division, 13th Army Corps, Dept. of Tennessee, to Jul 1863.
• 2nd Brigade, 13st Division, 5th Army Corps, to Apr 1864.
• 1st Brigade, 1st Division, 5th Army Corps, to Jun 1864.
• 1st Brigade, 2nd Division, 5th Army Corps, to Jul 1865

SERVICE:

• Duty in the Defenses of Washington D.C., till Nov 1862.
• Joined the Army of the Potomac at Snicker’s Gap, Virginia, Nov 2, 1862.
• Rappahannock Campaign, Nov 1862-Jun 1863.
• Battle of Fredericksburg, Virginia, Dec 12-15.
• At Falmouth to Apr 27, 1863.
• “Mud March”, Jan 20-24.
• Chancellorsville Campaign, Apr 27 - May 6.
  • Battle of Chancellorsville, May 1-5.
• Gettysburg Campaign, Jun 11-Jul 24, 1863.
  • Battle of Gettysburg, Jul 1-3.
  • Pursuit of Lee, Jul 5-24.
• At Warrenton, Beverly Ford and Culpeper, Virginia, till Oct 1863.
• Bristoe Campaign, Oct 9-22, 1863.
• Rappahannock Station, Nov 7, 1863
• Advance to line of the Rappahannock, Nov 7-8, 1863.
• Mine Run Campaign, Nov 26-Dec 2, 1863.
• At Beverly Ford, Virginia til May 1864.
• Campaign from the Rapidan to the James, May 3-Jun 15, 1864.
  • Battles of the Wilderness, May 5-7.
  • Spottsylvania, May 8-12.
  • Laurel Hill, May 8.
  • Spottsylvania Court House, May 12-21.
  • Assault on the Salient, May 12.
  • North Anna River, May 23-26.
  • On line of the Pamunkey, May 26-28.
  • Totopotomoy, May 28-31.
  • Cold Harbor, Jun 1-12.
  • Bethesda Church, Jun 1-3.
• Before Petersburg, Jun 16-18, 1864.
• Siege of Petersburg, Jun 16, 1864 - Apr 2, 1865
• Mine Explosion, Petersburg, Jul 30, 1864 (Reserves)
• Weldon Railroad, Aug 18-21.
• Poplar Springs Church, Peeble’s Farm, Sep 29-Oct 2.
• Boydton Plank Road, Hatcher’s Run, Oct 27-28.
• Warren’s Raid on Weldon Railroad, Dec 7-12.
• Dabney’s Mills, Hatcher’s Run, Feb 5-7, 1865.
• Appomattox Campaign, Mar 28-Apr 9, 1865
• Lewis Farm, near Gravelly Run, Mar 29.
• White Oak Road, Mar 31.
• Five Forks, Apr 1.
• Fall of Petersburg, Apr 2.
• Pursuit of Lee, Apr 3-9.
• Appomattox Court House, Apr 9.
• Surrender of Lee and his army.
• March to Washington, D.C., May 1-12, 1865.
• Grand Review, May 23, 1865.
• Mustered out at Washington, D.C., Jul 16, 1865.

29th Iowa Infantry Regiment Summary:

The Regiment, during it's existence, lost during service:

7 Officers and 126 Enlisted men killed and mortally wounded
2 Officers and 179 enlisted men by disease.
TOTAL 314.

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