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29th
Pennsylvania Regiment Infantry
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29th
Pennsylvania Infantry Soldier Roster - History of Pennsylvania
Volunteers, 1861-5, Volume 1 by Samuel P Bates, 1869
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| Regimental History |
| Twenty-ninth Infantry. — Cols., John K. Murphy, William
Rickards, Jr., Samuel M. Zulick, George E. Johnson; Majs., Michael
Scott, Samuel M. Zulick, Jesse R. Millison, George E. Johnson, Robert P.
Dechert. The 29th, recruited at Philadelphia, was mustered in at
Philadelphia in July, 1861, for three years, and reenlisted as a veteran
regiment. Its total strength was 2,517, of whom 147 were killed or died
of wounds. It moved to Harper's Ferry on Aug. 3; was assigned to the 3d
brigade, 1st division of Gen. Banks' army; encamped in Pleasant Valley;
went into winter quarters at Frederick, but remained there only one
night, when it was again ordered on the march, and on Feb 26, 1862,
reached Winchester, where a skirmish ensued in which Col. Murphy was
captured. It was present at the battles of Cedar mountain and Antietam ;
was ordered to Fredericksburg in Jan., 1863, but was obliged to halt at
Stafford Court House, where it remained until the end of April. It was
then assigned to the 2nd brigade, 2nd division, 12th corps, with which
it participated in the Chancellorsville campaign and the battle of
Gettysburg, On Sept. 23, 1863, the regiment was ordered west and reached
Murfreesboro, Tenn., Oct 5. The troops conducted themselves heroically
at the battles of Wauhatchie, Lookout mountain and Ringgold and through
all the hard service of the army on its way to Atlanta, remaining with
the army of Gen. Sherman until the end, and were mustered out near
Alexandria, Va., July 17, 1865. |
Footnotes:
Regimental history taken from "The Union Army" by Federal Publishing
Company, 1908 - Volume 1
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