Illinois 29th Infantry (Union)
1861-08-19
Organized - Illinois 29th Infantry - Illinois
1862-02-11
Leadership Change - Regiment - Colonel James S. Reardon
ColonelJames S. Reardon
1862-02-11
Leadership Change - Brigade - Colonel Richard J. Oglesby
ColonelRichard J. Oglesby
1862-02-11
Battle - Fort Donelson - Fort Donelson, Tennessee
Early in the war, Union commanders realized control of the major rivers would be the key to success in the Western Theater.READ MORE
1862-04-06
Leadership Change - Regiment - Lieutenant Colonel Charles M. Ferrell
Lieutenant ColonelCharles M. Ferrell
1862-04-06
Leadership Change - Brigade - Colonel Julius Raith, and Lieutenant Colonel Enos P. Wood
ColonelJulius Raith
Lieutenant ColonelEnos P. Wood
1862-04-06
Leadership Change - Brigade - Colonel Julius Raith
ColonelJulius Raith
1862-04-06
Battle - Shiloh - Hardin County, Tennessee
1862-04-29
Battle - Siege of Corinth - Corinth, Mississippi
Union forces had captured the railroad junction and important transportation center at Corinth, Mississippi in the spring of 1862 after their victory at Shiloh. After the Battle of Iuka in September, Maj. Gen. Sterling Price's Confederate Army of the West marched to Ripley, Mississippi where it joined Maj. Gen. Earl Van Dorn's Army of West Tennessee. Van Dorn took command of the combined force numbering about 22,000 men. The Rebels marched southeast toward Corinth, hoping to recapture it and then sweep int…READ MORE
1865-03-27
Battle - Spanish Fort - Baldwin, Alabama
1865-04-09
Battle - Fort Blakeley - Baldwin County, Alabama
Although the harbor of Mobile Bay had been closed to blockade running traffic since mid-summer 1864 with Admiral David G. Farragut's victory there, the port city of Mobile still remained in Confederate control. In late March 1865, two Federal infantry columns converged on the defenses of the city at Fort Blakeley and Spanish Fort. One force of 13,000 Union soldiers commanded by Gen. Frederick Steele moved west from Pensacola with orders to take Blakely from the rear. Union Gen. Edward R.S. Canby's Sixteent…READ MORE
1865-11-06
Mustered Out - Illinois 29th Infantry - Illinois
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