29th Regiment Wisconsin Volunteer Infantry | |
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Active | September 27, 1862 to June 22, 1865 |
Country | United States |
Allegiance | Union |
Branch | Infantry |
Engagements |
Battle of Champion Hill Battle of Sabine Cross Roads |
The 29th Regiment Wisconsin Volunteer Infantry was an infantry regiment that served in the Union Army during the American Civil War.
The 29th Wisconsin was organized at Madison, Wisconsin and mustered into Federal service September 27, 1862.
The regiment was mustered out on June 22, 1865 at Shreveport, Louisiana.
The 29th Wisconsin suffered 1 officer and 76 enlisted men killed in action or who later died of their wounds, plus another 3 officers and 242 enlisted men who died of disease, for a total of 322 fatalities.[1]