The 29th Iowa Infantry Regiment was an
infantry
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regiment
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that served in the
Union Army during the
American Civil War
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.
Service
The 29th Iowa Infantry was organized at
Council Bluffs, Iowa
Council Bluffs is a city in and the county seat of Pottawattamie County, Iowa, Pottawattamie County, Iowa, United States. The population was 62,799 at the 2020 United States census, 2020 census, making it the state's List of cities in Iowa, te ...
and mustered in for three years of Federal service on December 1, 1862.
Sophronia Smith Hunt
Sophronia Smith Hunt (; October 1846—August 1, 1928) was an American woman who disguised herself as a man and secretly served as a soldier in the Union Army during the American Civil War. Her first soldier husband died after he was wounded at th ...
was an American woman who disguised herself as a man and secretly served as a soldier in the
Union Army during the
American Civil War
The American Civil War (April 12, 1861May 26, 1865; also known by Names of the American Civil War, other names) was a civil war in the United States between the Union (American Civil War), Union ("the North") and the Confederate States of A ...
.
Her first soldier husband died of wounds received at the
Battle of Jenkins' Ferry
The Battle of Jenkins' Ferry, also known as the Engagement at Jenkins' Ferry, was fought on April 30, 1864, in Hot Spring and Saline counties (present-day Grant County), Arkansas, during the American Civil War
The American Civil War ...
. They served in Company C of the 29th Iowa Infantry Regiment.
The regiment was mustered out on August 10, 1865.
Total strength and casualties
A total of 1485 men served in the 29th Iowa at one time or another during its existence.
It suffered 1 officer and 42 enlisted men who were killed in action or who died of their wounds and 1 officer and 266 enlisted men who died of disease, for a total of 310 fatalities.
Commanders
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Colonel
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In the 17th, 18th, and 19th centuries, a colon ...
Thomas H. Benton Jr.[Iowa Genweb Iowa in the Civil War Project after Logan, Guy E., Roster and Record of Iowa Troops In the Rebellion, Vol. 1]
See also
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List of Iowa Civil War Units
This is a list of American Civil War units from Iowa which fought in the Union Army. A total of 48 infantry regiments, nine cavalry regiments, and four artillery batteries were raised from Iowa.
Infantry
* 1st Iowa Infantry Regiment
* 1st Iowa I ...
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Iowa in the American Civil War
The state of Iowa played a significant role during the American Civil War in providing food, supplies, troops and officers for the Union army.
Prelude to war
Iowa had become the 29th state in the Union on December 28, 1846. Settlers had defea ...
Notes
References
The Civil War ArchiveRegiment history: The Twenty-ninth Infantry Iowa
Units and formations of the Union army from Iowa
Military units and formations established in 1862
1862 establishments in Iowa
Military units and formations disestablished in 1865
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