The 29th Ohio Infantry Regiment was a volunteer

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in the

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. Raised in the northeastern part of the state of

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, the 29th served with distinction in several battles of the Atlanta Campaign. The regiment was organized from August 14, 1861, through March 13, 1862, at

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, by famed statesman

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. Mustered into the army to serve three years, the regiment was composed primarily of recruits from Northeastern Ohio counties.

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Louis P. Buckley served as the first regimental commander. The 29th Ohio Infantry served for some time in the defenses of

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, and participated in the battles of Port Republic, Cedar Mountain, Chancellorsville, Gettysburg, Davis' Cross Roads, New Hope Church,

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, Peachtree Creek and during the Carolinas Campaign."29th Ohio Volunteer Infantry"
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accordance with orders from the War Department. The regiment had a total of 1,529 members during the war, of whom 540 were either killed, wounded or missing in action.

Memorialization and commemoration

* Two decades after the Civil War, the state of Ohio erected a stone monument to the 29th Ohio Infantry Monument on Culp's Hill at the

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Photo of the monument to the 29th Ohio Infantry
* The 29th's silk regimental flag is on display at the Henderson Memorial Public Library in Jefferson, Ohio.
Photo of the regimental flag

References

Ohio Civil War Central

Notes

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