PA Civil War Volunteer Soldiers

129th Pennsylvania Regiment

129th PA Regiment Newspaper Transcription

• Miner' Journal - 1865
  A record of the names of the sons of Schuylkill who died that their country might live....
  
  
• Miner' Journal - April 1, 1865
  Death of a soldier....

129th PA Regiment Companies

• Field and Staff Officers
• Company A
  Schuylkill County
• Company B
  Schuylkill County
• Company E
  Schuylkill County
• Company G
  Schuylkill County
• Company H
  Schuylkill County
• Regimental History
• Bates' Regimental History & Company Rosters

129th PA Regiment Organization, Service & Battles

Organization

• Organized at Harrisburg August, 1862.
• Moved to Washington, D.C., August 16, and duty there till September 12.
• Moved to Sharpsburg, Md., and attached to 1st Brigade. 3rd Division, 5th Army Corps, Army of the Potomac.

  Service & Battles - 1862

• Duty at Sharpsburg, Md., till October 30.
• Reconnoissance from Sharpsburg to Smithfield, W. Va., October 16-17.
• Movement to Falmouth, Va., October 30-November 19.
• Battle of Fredericksburg, Va., December 12-15.

  Service & Battles - 1863

• Burnside's 2nd Campaign, "Mud March," January 20-24, 1863.
• At Falmouth till April.
• Chancellorsville Campaign April 27-May 6.
• Battle of Chancellorsville May 1-5.
• Mustered out May 18, 1863.

  Regimental Losses

• Regiment lost during service 3 Officers and 37 Enlisted men killed and mortally wounded and 1 Officer and 42 Enlisted men by disease. Total 83.

129th PA Regiment Medal of Honor Recipients

• FRICK, JACOB G. Colonel, 129th Pennsylvania Infantry. Entered service at Pottsville, Pa. Born: 23 January 1838, Northumberland, Pa. Citation: At Fredericksburg, 13 December 1862, seized the colors and led the command through a terrible fire of cannon and musketry. In a hand-to-hand fight at Chancellorsville, 3 May 1863, recaptured the colors of his regiment. Date of issue: 7 June 1892.