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29th Iowa Infantry
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my gg grandfather died helena ark. feb. 1863
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Company A
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Company A
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Company A
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Company B
Private
The Dept of Iowa SUVCW is looking for all CW veterans' burial places
Company D
Private
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Company D
Private
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Company F
Private
Enlisted as a Private on 23 December 1863 at the age of 25.
Mustered out on 10 August 1865 at New Orleans, LA.
Company F
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Company G
Private
Died on 16 Feb 1863 in a Helena, AR hospital.
Company G
Corporal
Died 31 Dec 1864 at Keokuk, Iowa (disease)
Company G
Private
Born Oct 26, 1844 Vermillion Co., IN; Served between Feb 29, 1864 to Aug 10, 1865. After the war, lived most of his life in Lancaster County, Nebraska. Died May 26, 1928 after a 5 month stay in the Soldiers & Sailors home in Milford, Nebraska. Funeral service done with GAR (Grand Army of the Republic) services. Buried in Wyuka Cemetery, Lincoln, Nebraska. He was my gg-grandfather on my father's side.
Company G
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Company H
Private
Milton L Garrison was my great, great grandfather. He enrolled on August 14, 1862 at Afton,Iowa and was honorably discharged at Davenport, Iowa on May 23, 1865. During the war he was present in several engagements, until he was taken prisoner on April 30, 1864 at Jenkins Ferry, Arkansas. Was paroled in February, 1865 and sent to Jefferson Barracks, Missouri to recover.
Company H
Corporal
I found this information at the National Archives in Washington, DC and at the 29th Regiment Iowa Infantry wikipedia site. My questions, what occured on the White River expedition that caused so many of the men in this group to fall ill and eventually die.
Company H
Private
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Company I
Private
Enlisted as a Private on 13 August 1862 at the age of 19.
Mustered in Company I, 29th Infantry Regiment Iowa on 21 August 1862.
Mustered out on 10 August 1865 at New Orleans, LA.
Company I
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Company I
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John Shanks inlisted on 13 aug 1862 and died on 18 May 1863 at Helena Arkansas
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Company I
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Company I
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Company K
2nd Lieutenant
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Company K
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Company Field & Staff
Colonel
Benton, Thomas Hart Jr. Colonel 29th Regiment Iowa Volunteer Infantry Bvt. Brig. Gen. USV, December 15, 1864 February 14, 1865 Nephew of U.S. Senator Thomas Hart Benton.
Service Record: Commissioned an officer in Company S, Iowa 29th Infantry Regiment on 01 Dec 1862.
Promoted to Brevet Brig-General on 15 Dec 1864.
Mustered out on 10 Aug 1865 at New Orleans, LA.
Birth Date: 5 Sep 1816
Death Date: 10 Apr 1879
Death Place: St Louis, MO
Sources: Roster & Record of Iowa Soldiers in the War of Rebellion
Heitman: Register of United States Army 1789-1903
Dyer: A Compendium of the War of the Rebellion
Brevet Brigadier Generals in Blue