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29th Iowa Infantry
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Alexander B. M. EllisRank Unknown
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Contact Name: Jackie Mesenbrink
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Date Added: 10/14/2008

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Clark EllisRank Unknown
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Date Added: 10/14/2008

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John H. EllisRank Unknown
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Date Added: 10/14/2008

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william pearson - Private
my gg grandfather died helena ark. feb. 1863
Contact Name: michael moore
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Date Added: 12/2/2009

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Michael Timothy - Private
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Contact Name: Chris Hunter
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Date Added: 9/11/2006

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GEORGE TINKEY - Private
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Contact Name: LELAND TINKEY
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Contact Homepage: tinkeylee
Date Added: 6/27/2005

Company A
Augustus O Bresee - Private
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Contact Name: Darren Bresee
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Date Added: 4/8/2008

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George Holeman - Private
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Contact Name: Darren Bresee
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Date Added: 4/8/2008

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Joseph Holeman - Private
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Contact Name: Darren Bresee
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Date Added: 4/8/2008

Company B
Jefferson Alley - Private
The Dept of Iowa SUVCW is looking for all CW veterans' burial places
Contact Name: Michael W. Carr
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Date Added: 10/23/2010

Company D
Joseph Murray Keen - Private
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Contact Name: Jerry Witt
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Date Added: 4/7/2011

Company D
James S McCall - Private
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Contact Name: Tim McCall
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Date Added: 3/31/2010

Company F
William Harrison Bean - Private
Enlisted as a Private on 23 December 1863 at the age of 25.
Mustered out on 10 August 1865 at New Orleans, LA.
Contact Name: Eric Stone
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Date Added: 5/28/2010

Company F
Robert Johnson Salen - Private
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Contact Name: Kristen Salen
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Date Added: 1/2/2008

Company G
Hezekiah Anderson - Private
Died on 16 Feb 1863 in a Helena, AR hospital.
Contact Name: Mark Anderson
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Date Added: 12/25/2009

Company G
William A Bennett - Corporal
Died 31 Dec 1864 at Keokuk, Iowa (disease)
Contact Name: Marty Craig
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Date Added: 12/27/2008

Company G
Ezra Conley - Private
Born Oct 26, 1844 Vermillion Co., IN; Served between Feb 29, 1864 to Aug 10, 1865. After the war, lived most of his life in Lancaster County, Nebraska. Died May 26, 1928 after a 5 month stay in the Soldiers & Sailors home in Milford, Nebraska. Funeral service done with GAR (Grand Army of the Republic) services. Buried in Wyuka Cemetery, Lincoln, Nebraska. He was my gg-grandfather on my father's side.
Contact Name: Cathy Conrad
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Date Added: 5/23/2010

Company G
WILLIAM DOBSON THRIFTRank Unknown
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Contact Name: J.W.Henderson
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Date Added: 1/9/2010

Company H
Milton Lloyd Garrison - Private
Milton L Garrison was my great, great grandfather. He enrolled on August 14, 1862 at Afton,Iowa and was honorably discharged at Davenport, Iowa on May 23, 1865. During the war he was present in several engagements, until he was taken prisoner on April 30, 1864 at Jenkins Ferry, Arkansas. Was paroled in February, 1865 and sent to Jefferson Barracks, Missouri to recover.
Contact Name: Randall White
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Date Added: 9/23/2014

Company H
Frank Jackson - Corporal
I found this information at the National Archives in Washington, DC and at the 29th Regiment Iowa Infantry wikipedia site. My questions, what occured on the White River expedition that caused so many of the men in this group to fall ill and eventually die.
Contact Name: Jane McBee
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Date Added: 5/26/2011

Company H
George Washington Smith - Private
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Contact Name: Jacob Johnston
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Date Added: 5/23/2013

Company I
Silas S Harper - Private
Enlisted as a Private on 13 August 1862 at the age of 19.
Mustered in Company I, 29th Infantry Regiment Iowa on 21 August 1862.
Mustered out on 10 August 1865 at New Orleans, LA.
Contact Name: Eric Stone
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Date Added: 6/6/2010

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Joseph RicksRank Unknown
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Contact Name: Christine F Leiter
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Date Added: 8/1/2009

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John Shanks - Private
John Shanks inlisted on 13 aug 1862 and died on 18 May 1863 at Helena Arkansas
Contact Name: carol jewell
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Date Added: 6/8/2011

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Elijah M Trent - Private
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Contact Name: Charlie Taylor
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Date Added: 6/30/2007

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James A Trent - Private
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Contact Name: Charlie Taylor
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Date Added: 6/30/2007

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John W Trent - Private
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Contact Name: charlie Taylor
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Date Added: 6/30/2007

Company K
Allan J Chantry - 2nd Lieutenant
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Contact Name: Libby Knapp
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Date Added: 2/22/2008

Company K
Francis M Scott - Private
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Contact Name: Marty Craig
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Date Added: 1/9/2009

Company Field & Staff
Thomas Hart Benton - Colonel
Benton, Thomas Hart Jr. Colonel 29th Regiment Iowa Volunteer Infantry Bvt. Brig. Gen. USV, December 15, 1864 February 14, 1865 Nephew of U.S. Senator Thomas Hart Benton.

Service Record: Commissioned an officer in Company S, Iowa 29th Infantry Regiment on 01 Dec 1862.
Promoted to Brevet Brig-General on 15 Dec 1864.
Mustered out on 10 Aug 1865 at New Orleans, LA.
Birth Date: 5 Sep 1816
Death Date: 10 Apr 1879
Death Place: St Louis, MO
Sources: Roster & Record of Iowa Soldiers in the War of Rebellion
Heitman: Register of United States Army 1789-1903
Dyer: A Compendium of the War of the Rebellion
Brevet Brigadier Generals in Blue

Contact Name: John R Sloan
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Date Added: 3/3/2012

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