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1861 – 1865
The 29th was a La Porte regiment with a South Bend colonel and South Bend companies' worth of this county's men: Organized at La Porte and mustered on 27 August 1861, the 29th Indiana went out under Colonel John F. Miller of South Bend. It stood under fire more than five hours at Shiloh on 7 April 1862, served through the siege of Corinth, Stone River, and both days of Chickamauga with heavy losses, and re-enlisted as a veteran organization on 1 January 1864. Miller rose from the regiment to brigade and division responsibility and was promoted brigadier general — Chapman dates the promotion 5 January 1864 — with Lieutenant Colonel David M. Dunn succeeding to the colonelcy. The 29th is this record's instance of the county's reach beyond its own companies: its colonel was a South Bend man, and its ranks held county men whose individual record runs through the regiment's whole western war.
Sources:
- Chapman, History of St. Joseph County (1880), ch. VII — the organization at La Porte, Miller's colonelcy and promotion as Chapman dates it, Dunn's succession, and the regiment's battle line.
- Howard, History of St. Joseph County (1907), vol. 2 — the same record carried forward.