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- Benjamin W.
Vardeman, Pvt./Sgt. Co. F
29th Regiment, Iowa
Infantry
Organized at Camp
Dodge, Council Bluffs, and mustered in December 1, 1862. March to St.
Joseph, Mo., December 5-9; thence to Benton Barracks, Mo., December
19-20. Attached to District of St Louis, Mo., Dept. of Missouri, to
January, 1862. 2nd Brigade, 13th Division, 13th Army Corps, Dept. of
Tennessee, to July, 1863. 2nd Brigade, 13th Division, 16th Army Corps,
to August, 1863. 2nd Brigade, 3rd Division, Arkansas Expedition, to
January, 1864. 2nd Brigade, 3rd Division, 7th Army Corps, Dept. of
Arkansas, to March, 1864. 1st Brigade, 3rd Division, 7th Corps, to May,
1864. 1st Brigade, 1st Division, 7th Army Corps, to November, 1864. 2nd
Brigade, 2nd Division, 7th Corps, to February, 1865. 2nd Brigade, 3rd
Division, Reserve Corps, Military Division West Mississippi, to
February, 1865. 2nd Brigade, 3rd Division, 13th Army Corps, Military
Division West Mississippi, to July, 1865. Dept. of Texas to August,
1865.
SERVICE.-Guard Prison at Benton Barracks, Mo., till December 25, 1862.
Moved to Columbus, Ky., en route to Helena, Ark., December 25-29. Duty
there till January 8, 1863. Moved to Helena, Ark., January 8, and duty
there till March. Gorman's Expedition up White River January 11-26.
Yazoo Pass Expedition and operations against Fort Pemberton and
Greenwood March 13-April 5. Duty at Helena till August. Repulse of
Holmes' attack on
Helena
July 4. Steele's Expedition to Little Rock August 1-September 10.
Bayou LaFourche
and capture of Little Rock September 10. Duty at Little Rock till March,
1864. Steele's Expedition to Camden March 23 to May 3. Antoine or Terre
Noir Creek April 2.Elkin's
Ferry, Little Missouri River,
April 3-4.
Prairie D'Ann
April 9-12. Liberty Postoffice April 15-16.
Jenkins' Ferry,
Saline River, April 30. Duty at Little Rock till July, and at Lewisburg
till September. At Little Rock till February, 1865. Moved to New
Orleans, La., February 9-16. Campaign against Mobile and its Defenses
March 17-April 12. Siege of Spanish Fort and
Fort Blakely
March 26-April 9. Occupation of Mobile April 12. Whistler's or
Eight-Mile Bridge April 13. March to Mt. Vernon and duty at Mt. Vernon
Arsenal till June. Moved to Brazos Santiago, Texas, and duty there till
July. Moved to New Orleans, La.; thence home and mustered out August 10,
1865.
Regiment lost during service 1 Officer and 42 Enlisted men killed and
mortally wounded and 1 Officer and 266 Enlisted men by disease. Total
310.
Information compiled by David Vardiman
from the
National Park Service's
Sailors and Soldiers surname search database and
Jack Vardaman's narrative. |
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