29th Ohio Infantry
Regimental History and Service Record
Organized at Camp Giddings, Jefferson, Ohio, August 26, 1861. Moved to Camp Chase, Ohio, December 25, 1861, thence to Cumberland, Md., January 17, 1862. Attached to 3rd Brigade, Landers' Division, Army of the Potomac, to March, 1862. 3rd Brigade, Shields' 2nd Division, Banks' 5th Army Corps, and Dept. of the Shenandoah, to May, 1862. 3rd Brigade, Shields' Division, Dept. of the Rappahannock, to June, 1862. 2nd Brigade, 1st Division, 2nd Army Corps, Pope's Army of Virginia, to August, 1862. 1st Brigade, 2nd Division, 2nd Corps, Army Virginia, to September, 1862. 1st Brigade, 2nd Division, 12th Army Corps, Army of the Potomac, to October, 1863, and Army of the Cumberland, to April, 1864. 1st Brigade, 2nd Division, 20th Army Corps, Army of the Cumberland and Army of Georgia, to July, 1865.
SERVICE.--Duty at Hampton Heights and Paw Paw Tunnel until March, 1862. Advance on Winchester, Va., March 7-15. Reconnaissance to Strasburg March 18-19.
March to Fredericksburg, Va., May 12-21, and return to Front Royal May 25-30. Battle of Port Republic June 9. Battle of Cedar Mountain August 9. Pope's Campaign in Northern Virginia August 16-September 2. Guard trains during battles of Bull Run August 28-30. Maryland Campaign September 6-22. Battle of Antietam September 16-17 (Reserve). Moved to Harper's Ferry, W. Va., September 22, and duty at Bolivar Heights until December. Reconnaissance to Rippon, W. Va., November 9. Reconnaissance to Winchester December 2-6. March to Stafford Court House December 10-14, and duty there until January 20, 1863. Burnside's second Campaign, "Mud March," January 20-24. At Stafford Court House until April 27.
- April 27-May 6, 1863 -
The Chancellorsville Campaign
- May 1-5, 1863 -
Battle of Chancellorsville, Virginia
- May 1-5, 1863 -
- June 11-August 1, 1863 -
The Gettysburg Campaign
- July 1-3, 1863 -
Battle of Gettysburg, Pennsylvania
- Pursuit of Lee to Manassas Gap, Va., July 5-24.
- July 1-3, 1863 -
- Detached for duty at New York during draft disturbances August 29-September 8.
- Movement to Bridgeport, Ala., September 24-October 3.
- Reopening Tennessee River October 26-29.
- November 23-27, 1863 -
The Chattanooga/Ringgold Campaign
- Battles of Lookout Mountain November 23-24.
- Mission Ridge November 25.
- Ringgold Gap, Taylor's Ridge, November 27.
- Duty at Bridgeport, Ala., until May, 1864.
- May 1-September 8, 1864 -
The Atlanta Campaign
- May 8-11, 1864 -
Demonstration against Rocky Faced Ridge, Georgia
- Dug Gap or Mill Creek May 8.
- May 14-May 15, 1864 -
Battle of Resaca, Georgia
- Near Cassville May 19.
- New Hope Church May 25.
- Operations on line of Pumpkin Vine Creek and battles about Dallas, New Hope Church and Allatoona Hills May 25-June 5.
- Operations about Marietta and against Kenesaw Mountain June 10-July 2.
- Pine Hill June 11-14.
- Lost Mountain June 15-17.
- Gilgal or Golgotha Church June 15.
- Muddy Creek June 17.
- Noyes Creek June 19.
- Kolb's Farm June 22.
- Assault on Kenesaw June 27.
- Ruff's Station July 4.
- Chattahoochie River July 5-17.
- Peach Tree Creek July 19-20.
- July 22-August 25, 1864 -
Siege of Atlanta, Georgia
- Operations at Chattahoochie River Bridge August 26-September 2.
- September 2-November 15 -
Occupation of Atlanta, Georgia
- November 9, 1864 -
Skirmish near Atlanta, Georgia
- May 8-11, 1864 -
- November 15-December 21, 1864 -
The Savannah Campaign
- Buckhead Church December 2.
- December 10-21, 1864 -
Siege of Savannah, Georgia
- January 1-April 26, 1865 -
The Carolinas Campaign
- North Edisto River, S.C., February 12-13.
- Battle of Bentonville, N. C., March 19-21.
- Occupation of Goldsboro March 24.
- Advance on Raleigh April 10-14.
- Occupation of Raleigh April 14.
- Bennett's House April 26.
- Surrender of Johnston and his army. March to Washington, D.C., via Richmond, Va., April 29-May 20.
- Grand Review May 24.
- Moved to Louisville, Ky., June.
- Mustered out at Louisville, Ky., July 13, 1865.
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Regiment Statistical Information
- Regiment lost during service 6 Officers and 114 Enlisted men killed and mortally wounded and 1 Officer and 150 Enlisted men by disease. Total 271.
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Notes
Sources
- Dyer, Frederick H. A Compendium of the War of the Rebellion. The Dyer Publishing Company (Des Moine, 1908). (Pages 703, 704, 705, 715, 719, 721, 723, 827, 866, 897, 834, 905, 916, 1510)