29th Ohio Infantry

The 29th Ohio Infantry, part of the 1st Brigade, 2nd Division, 12th Corps, served in major Civil War actions including Winchester in 1862, Port Republic on June 3, 1862, Cedar Mountain, Chancellorsville, Gettysburg, Lookout Mountain, Dug Gap in Rocky Face, Resaca, New Hope Church, Pine Mountain, Kenesaw Mountain, Peach Tree Creek, Atlanta, Savannah, and the Carolina Campaign. Commanded at Gettysburg by Capt. Edward Hayes, with J.B. Storer as adjutant, the regiment occupied several positions in the vicinity, both in the intrenchments and in reserve, on July 2 and July 3, 1863. At Gettysburg it engaged 332 men and lost 38, with 7 killed, 31 wounded, and 2 of the wounded mortally. The regiment was mustered in for three years from Aug. to Dec. 1861, reenlisted as veterans on Dec. 10, 1863, and was mustered out July 8 to 13, 1865.

Gettysburg, Pennsylvania · United States