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129th
Pennsylvania Infantry
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129th
Pennsylvania Infantry Soldier Roster - History of Pennsylvania
Volunteers, 1861-5, Volume 4 by Samuel P Bates, 1869
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| Regimental History |
| One Hundred and Twenty-ninth Infantry. — Col., Jacob G.
Frick; Lieut.-Col., W. H. Armstrong; Maj., Joseph Anthony. Volunteers
from Schuylkill, Northampton and Montgomery counties rendezvoused at
Camp Curtin, Harrisburg, and were mustered into the U. S. service on
Aug. 15, 1862, for a nine months' term, forming the 129th infantry. The
regiment was ordered to Washington the next day, one detachment of two
companies was posted at Bull Run, across which it was to re-build and
guard a bridge, and the remainder acted as escort to an ammunition train
as far as Centerville. On its return the regiment was assigned to the
1st brigade, 3d division, 5th corps, which on Sept. 14, started for
Antietam, but arrived after the battle had been fought. At
Fredericksburg, the first battle of the regiment, the men joined bravely
in a gallant but futile charge upon the heights and were highly praised
by Gen. Tyler. In this action the 129th lost 142 in killed and wounded,
many of its dead lying close to the impregnable stone wall. Winter
quarters were established near Falmouth, which were occupied until the
battle of Chancellorsville, except during the "Mud March." On May 3, the
regiment was closely engaged at Chancellorsville and the loss was heavy.
Gen. Tyler said of the 129th in this battle that "No one ever saw cooler
work on field drill than was done by this regiment." It returned to
Harrisburg soon after and was there mustered out of the service on May
18, 1863. |
Footnotes:
Regimental history taken from "The Union Army" by Federal Publishing
Company, 1908 - Volume 1
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