29th Indiana Infantry Regiment

The 29th Indiana Volunteer Infantry Regiment was an infantry regiment that served in the Union Army during the American Civil War.

29th Regiment Indiana Volunteer Infantry
Flag of the United States, 1863-1865
Active	August 27, 1861, to December 2, 1865
Country	United States
Allegiance	Union
Branch	Infantry
Engagements	Battle of Shiloh Battle of Stones River Battle of Chickamauga

Major General John Franklin Miller of 29th Indiana Infantry Regiment. From the Liljenquist Family Collection of Civil War Photographs, Prints and Photographs Division, Library of Congress

Service

• The 29th Indiana Volunteer Infantry was organized at La Porte, Indiana, on August 27, 1861.
• Battle of Shiloh
• Siege of Corinth
• Battle of Stones River
• Battle of Liberty Gap
• Battle of Chickamauga
• The regiment mustered out of service on December 2, 1865.

Total strength and casualties

The regiment lost 4 officers and 56 enlisted men killed in action or died of wounds and 4 officers and 240 enlisted men who died of disease, for a total of 304 fatalities.

Commanders

• Colonel John Franklin Miller

See also

• List of Indiana Civil War regiments
• Indiana in the Civil War

References

• The Civil War Archive - Indiana Units
• Civil War - Indiana