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Known as the "Blue and Gray Division". Composed of National Guards of New Jersey, Delaware, Maryland, District of Columbia, and Virginia.
Mobilized and trained at Camp McClellan under Major-General Wm. S. Haan, headquarters arrived overseas June 27, 1918. Activities of the division included the center sector of Haute-Alsace and the Grande Montagne sector, north of Verdun. After the armistice the division was stationed for some time at Bourbonne les Bain. It returned home and was demobilized in June, 1919.
The following units composed the division: 29th Div. Hqs. Troop and Detachment, 57th Inf. Big. (113th and 114th Inf. Regts and 111th M.G. Bn.), the 58th Inf. Brig. (115th and 116th Inf. Regts. And 112th M.G. Bn.) The 54th Arty. Brig. (110th, 111th and 112th Regts of Arty., 104th T. M. Battery, 104th Amm. Train) the 110th Machine Gun Bn., the 104th Fld Sig. Bn., the 104th Engr. Regt. And Train, the 10th Train Hqs and M.P., the 104th Supply Train, the 104th Sanitary Train (113th, 114th, 115th and 116th Amb. Cos. And Field Hospitals).
The division made a total advance against resistance of seven kilometers and captured 2,187 officers and men, 21 pieces of artillery and 250 machine guns. Battle deaths, 940, wounded, 5,219; prisoners of war, 67. Four thousand nine hundred and seventy-seven replacements were required by this division. Distinguished Service Crosses awarded, 150.
Maj.Gen. Charles G. Morton commanded the division.
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