29th Iowa Volunteer Infantry Regiment
HISTORICAL NOTES:
The 29th Iowa Volunteer Infantry Regiment was organized at Camp Dodge, Council Bluffs, and mustered in December 1, 1862. March to St. Joseph, Mo., December 5-9; thence to Benton Barracks, Mo., December 19-20.
Sophronia Smith Hunt disguised herself as a man and secretly served as a soldier in the Union Army. Her first soldier husband died of wounds received at the Battle of Jenkins' Ferry. They served in Company C.
The 29th mustered out August 10, 1865.
The Regiment lost during service 1 Officer and 42 Enlisted men killed and mortally wounded and 1 Officer and 266 Enlisted men by disease. Total 310.
OFFICERS:
Colonel Thomas H. Benton Jr.
ASSIGNMENTS:
Attached to District of St. Louis, Mo., Dept. of Missouri, to January, 1862. 2nd Brigade, 13th Division, 13th Army Corps, Dept. of Tennessee, to July, 1863. 2nd Brigade, 13th Division, 16th Army Corps, to August, 1863. 2nd Brigade, 3rd Division, Arkansas Expedition, to January, 1864. 2nd Brigade, 3rd Division, 7th Army Corps, Dept. of Arkansas, to March, 1864. 1st Brigade, 3rd Division, 7th Corps, to May, 1864. 1st Brigade, 1st Division, 7th Army Corps, to November, 1864. 2nd Brigade, 2nd Division, 7th Corps, to February, 1865. 2nd Brigade, 3rd Division, Reserve Corps, Military Division West Mississippi, to February, 1865. 2nd Brigade, 3rd Division, 13th Army Corps, Military Division West Mississippi, to July, 1865. Dept. of Texas to August, 1865.
SERVICE:
Guard Prison at Benton Barracks, Mo., until December 25, 1862. Moved to Columbus, Ky., en route to Helena, Ark., December 25-29. Duty there until January 8, 1863. Moved to Helena, Ark., January 8, and duty there until March. Gorman's Expedition up White River January 11-26. Yazoo Pass Expedition and operations against Fort Pemberton and Greenwood March 13-April 5. Duty at Helena until August. Repulse of Holmes' attack on Helena July 4. Steele's Expedition to Little Rock August 1-September 10. Bayou LaFourche and capture of Little Rock September 10. Duty at Little Rock until March, 1864. Steele's Expedition to Camden March 23 to May 3. Antoine or Terre Noir Creek April 2. Elkin's Ferry, Little Missouri River, April 3-4 Prairie D'Ann April 9-12. Liberty Post-office April 15-16. Jenkins Ferry, Saline River, April 30. Duty at Little Rock until July, and at Lewisburg until September. At Little Rock until February, 1865. Moved to New Orleans, La., February 9-16. Campaign against le and its Defenses March 17-April 12. Siege of Spanish Fort and Fort Blakely March 26-April 9. Occupation of le April 12. Whistler's or Eight-Mile Bridge April 13. March to Mt. Vernon and duty at Mt. Vernon Arsenal until June. Moved to Brazos Santiago, Texas, and duty there until July. Moved to New Orleans, La.; thence home and mustered out August 10, 1865.
ROSTERS:
The Roster of this regiment contains the names of 1878 men.
Company A - enrolled in Pottattamie County
Company B - enrolled in Mills County
Company C - enrolled in Harrison County &c.
Company D - enrolled in Adams County and Adair County.
Company E - enrolled in Fremont County
Company F - enrolled in Taylor County
Company G - enrolled in Ringgold County
Company H - enrolled in Union County
Company I - enrolled in Guthrie County
Company K - enrolled in Mills County, Guthrie County, Taylor County &c.
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REFERENCES:
REF: Wikipedia
Dyer, Frederick H., A Compendium of the War of the Rebellion
Sophronia Smith Hunt disguised herself as a man and secretly served as a soldier in the Union Army. Her first soldier husband died of wounds received at the Battle of Jenkins' Ferry. They served in Company C.
The 29th mustered out August 10, 1865.
The Regiment lost during service 1 Officer and 42 Enlisted men killed and mortally wounded and 1 Officer and 266 Enlisted men by disease. Total 310.
Dyer, Frederick H., A Compendium of the War of the Rebellion