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Text:   Name: Elisha S Holbrook , Enlistment Date: 18 May 1861Distinguished Service: DISTINGUISHED SERVICESide Served: UnionState Served: MassachusettsUnit Numbers: 931 931Service Record: Enlisted as a Lieutenant 2nd Class on 18 May 1861 at the age of 21Commission in Company C, 29th Infantry Regiment Massachusetts on 22 May 1861.Died of disease Company C, 29th Infantry Regiment Massachusetts on 20 August 1861 in Fort Monroe, VA

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Page:   29th Infantry Regiment MA

Text:   Date Mustered: 29 July 1865Regiment Type: InfantryEnlisted Died of Disease or Accident: 4Officers Died of Disease or Accident: 53Enlisted Killed or Mortally Wounded: 4Regimental Soldiers and History: List of SoldiersRegimental HistoryTWENTY-NINTH REGIMENTMASSACHUSETTS VOLUNTEER INFANTRYTHREE YEARS (Re-enlisted)The 29th Regt. Mass. Vol. Inf. had for its nucleus sevencompanies of the 3d and 4th Regt's. M. V. M., " Minute Men."These seven companies were sent to Fort Monroe in the middle ofMay, 1861, having enlisted for three years. Until July, whenthe 3d and 4th Regt's. were mustered out, they served withthese regiments. From that time until December theyconstituted a battalion. Near the close of the year three newcompanies were added, and the organization of the 29th Regimentwas completed, Ebenezer W. Pierce of Freetown beingcommissioned colonel. Companies "A" and " K " had been engagedwith loss at Big Bethel, June 10, 1861, while attached to the4th Regiment. The regiment spent the winter of 1861 -62 atNewport News, Va., where March 8, it witnessed thedestruction of the CUMBERLAND and CONGRESS, and on thefollowing day saw the MONITOR and MERRIMAC fight.May 9, 1862, the 29th proceeded to Fort Monroe and thenceto Norfolk. Transferred to Fair Oaks on June 9, it was hereattached to Meagher's Irish Brigade, Richardson's Division,Sumner's (2d) Corps. It was engaged near Fair Oaks, June 15,at Gaines' Mill, June 27, at Savage's Station, June 29, atNelson's Farm, June 30, and at Malvern Hill, July 1, withoutheavy loss. Withdrawn to the vicinity of Washington, Aug. 29,it assisted in covering the retreat of Pope's army from 2d BullRun, then joined in the advance of the Army of the Potomac intoMaryland. It arrived at South Mountain after the battle ofSept. 14, but at Antietam, Sept. 17, it was heavily engagednear the Bloody Lane with loss. On Nov. 30, the 29th wastransferred to Christ's Brigade, Burns' Division, Wilcox's(9th) Corps, and was present at Fredericksburg, Dec. 13, 186

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Text:   Name: Elisha S Holbrook , Enlistment Date: 18 May 1861Distinguished Service: DISTINGUISHED SERVICESide Served: UnionState Served: MassachusettsUnit Numbers: 931 931Service Record: Enlisted as a Lieutenant 2nd Class on 18 May 1861 at the age of 21Commission in Company C, 29th Infantry Regiment Massachusetts on 22 May 1861.Died of disease Company C, 29th Infantry Regiment Massachusetts on 20 August 1861 in Fort Monroe, VA

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Source for:   Eliza Ann Holbrook,   1801 - 30 JUL 1835         Index

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