29th Illinois Volunteer Infantry Regiment

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29th Regiment Illinois Volunteer Infantry
Illinois state flag
Active	August 19, 1861 to November 6, 1865
Country	United States
Allegiance	Union
Branch	Infantry
Engagements	Battle of Shiloh

The 29th Regiment Illinois Volunteer Infantry was an infantry regiment that

served in the Union Army during the American Civil War.

Contents 1 Service 2 Total strength and casualties 3 Commanders 4 See also 5 Notes 6 References

[edit] Service

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.

[edit] 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.^[1]

[edit] Commanders

• Colonel James S. Rearden
• Colonel Mason Brayman
• Colonel Charles M. Ferrill
• Colonel Loren Kent - Mustered out with the

regiment.^[2]

[edit] See also

• List of Illinois Civil War Units
• Illinois in the American Civil War

[edit] Notes

1. ^ 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.
2. ^ http://www.rootsweb.com/~ilcivilw/f&s/029-fs.htm Illinois in the Civil War website after Illinois Adjutant General's muster rolls

[edit] References

• The Civil War Archive