The 29th Regiment Illinois Volunteer Infantry was an
infantry regiment that
served in the
Union Army during the
American Civil War.
Service
The 29th Illinois Infantry was organized at
Camp Butler
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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 enlisted men who were killed in action or who died of their wounds and 3 officers and 222 enlisted men who died of disease, for a total of 300 fatalities.
Commanders
*Colonel James S. Rearden
*
Colonel Mason Brayman
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*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]
See also
*
List of Illinois Civil War Units
*
Illinois in the American Civil War
Notes
References
The Civil War Archive29th Illinois Infantry
Further reading
*Bolerjack, William S. ''Civil War Diaries, 1861-1863.'' Carbondale, ll.
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Southern Illinois University Morris Library, 1900.
Units and formations of the Union Army from Illinois
1861 establishments in Illinois
Military units and formations established in 1861
Military units and formations disestablished in 1865
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