Company C, 29th Iowa Volunteer Infantry

At the time Fort Sumter was fired upon by rebel arms Harrison County, Iowa only had a population of a little over 3,000 people, nearly all whom had come hither to build for themselves homes in a new country. Most of them were poor, lived far from railroad lines, and seemed nearly cut off from the great political and business center of the Union. Yet they were no so far from civilization that they did not hear and heed the call for troops. Before August, 1862, nearly one hundred men had volunteered and gone to the front already, enlisting at points outside Harrison County.

By reference to the special session of the County Board of Supervisors on August 11, 1862, resolutions were passed which resulted in the enlistment of one hundred men in the company known as Company C, 29th Iowa Volunteer Infantry. Such resolutions included a warranty deed for each enlistee for eighty acres of swamp or overflowed lands in Harrison County. In addition, a sum of $1,000 dollars was appropriated from the county treasurer for the support of the families, widows and orphans of volunteers from Harrison County.

The 29th Iowa Infantry Regiment was organized at Camp Dodge, Council Bluffs, and mustered on December 1, 1862. They marched to St. Joseph, Missouri, December 5-9, and onward to Benton Barracks, Missouri, December 19-20, 1862.

Service Record of the 29th Iowa Infantry Regiment.
• Guard Prison at Benton Barracks, Mo., until December 25, 1862.
• Moved to Columbus, Ky., en route to Helena, Ark., December 25-29. Duty there until January 8, 1863.
• Moved to Helena, Ark., January 8, and duty there until March. Gorman's Expedition up White River January 11-26, 1863.
• Yazoo Pass Expedition and operations against Fort Pemberton and Greenwood March 13-April 5, 1863.
• Duty at Helena until August. Repulse of Holmes' attack on Helena July 4.
• Steele's Expedition to Little Rock August 1-September 10, 1863.
• Bayou LaFourche and capture of Little Rock September 10, 1863.
• Duty at Little Rock until March, 1864.
• Steele's Expedition to Camden March 23 to May 3, 1864.
• Antoine or Terre Noir Creek April 2, 1864.
• Elkin's Ferry, Little Missouri River, April 3-4, 1864
• Prairie D'Ann April 9-12, 1864.
• Liberty Post-office April 15-16, 1864.
• Jenkins Ferry, Saline River, April 30, 1864.
• Duty at Little Rock until July, and at Lewisburg until September, 1864.
• At Little Rock until February, 1865.
• Moved to New Orleans, La., February 9-16, 1865.
• Campaign against Mobile and its Defenses March 17-April 12, 1865.
• Siege of Spanish Fort and Fort Blakely March 26-April 9, 1865.
• Occupation of Mobile April 12, 1865.
• Whistler's or Eight-Mile Bridge April 13, 1865.
• March to Mt. Vernon and duty at Mt. Vernon Arsenal until June, 1865.
• Moved to Brazos Santiago, Texas, and duty there until July, 1865.
• Moved to New Orleans, La.; thence home and mustered out August 10, 1865.

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