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29th Pennsylvania Regiment - German Rifle Regiment

Recruited in the city of Philadelphia, PA.


29th PA Regiment Companies




29th PA Regiment Organization, Service & Battles

    Organization
  • Organized at Philadelphia July 1, 1861.
  • Left State for Harper's Ferry, W. Va., August 3.
  • Attached to Gordon's Brigade, Dept. of the Susquehanna, August, 1861.
  • 3rd Brigade. Banks' Division, Army of the Potomac, to March, 1862.
  • 3rd Brigade, 1st Division, Banks' 5th Corps, and Dept. of the Shenandoah to June, 1862.
  • 3rd Brigade, 1st Division, 2nd Corps, Army of Virginia, to September, 1862.
  • 3rd Brigade, 1st Division, 12th Army Corps, Army of the Potomac, to March, 1863.
  • 2nd Brigade, 2nd Division, 12th Army Corps, Army of the Potomac, to October, 1863, and Army of the Cumberland to April, 1864.
  • 3rd Brigade, 2nd Division, 20th Army Corps, Army of the Cumberland, to June, 1865.
  • Bartlett's Division, 22nd Army Corps, Dept. of Washington, to July, 1865.
  • Duty at Harper's Ferry and on Upper Potomac till February, 1862.
    Service & Battles - 1861
  • Operations about Dams 4 and 5 December 17-20, 1861.
    Service & Battles - 1862
  • Advance on Winchester March 1-12.
  • Occupation of Winchester March 12.
  • Pursuit of Jackson up the Shenandoah Valley March 24-April 27.
  • Woodstock April 1.
  • Edenburg April 1-2.
  • Stony Creek April 2.
  • Operations in Shenandoah Valley May 15-June 17.
  • Front Royal May 23 (Cos. "B" and "G").
  • Buckton Station May 23.
  • Middletown and Newtown May 24.
  • Retreat to Williamsport May 24-26.
  • Battle of Winchester May 25.
  • At Williamsport till June 10.
  • Moved to Front Royal June 10-18; thence to Warrenton and Little Washington July 11-18.
  • Pope's Campaign in Northern Virginia August 6-September 2.
  • Battle of Cedar Mountain August 9 (Reserve).
  • Guarding trains during Bull Run Battles.
  • Maryland Campaign September 6-24.
  • Battle of Antietam, Md., September 16-17 (Provost and Rear Guard).
  • Chambersburg, Pa., October 11.
  • Duty at Maryland Heights till December.
  • March to Fredericksburg, Va., December 10-16.
  • Fairfax Station December 12.
    Service & Battles - 1863
  • At Stafford Court House till April, 1863.
  • "Mud March" January 20-24, 1863.
  • Chancellorsville Campaign April 27-May 6.
  • Battle of Chancellorsville May 1-5.
  • Gettysburg (Pa.) Campaign June 11-July 24.
  • Battle of Gettysburg, Pa., July 1-3.
  • Pursuit of Lee July 5-24.
  • Duty on line of the Rappahannock till September.
  • Movement to Bridgeport, Ala., September 24-October 3.
  • Reopening Tennessee River October 26-29.
  • Battle of Wauhatchie, Tenn., October 28-29.
  • Chattanooga-Ringgold Campaign November 23-27.
  • Battles of Lookout Mountain November 23-24; Mission Ridge November 25;
  • Ringgold Gap, Taylor's Ridge, November 27.
  • Reenlisted December 10, 1863.
    Service & Battles - 1864
  • Guard duty on Nashville & Chattanooga Railroad till April, 1864.
  • Atlanta (Ga.) Campaign May 1-September 8.
  • Demonstration on Rocky Faced Ridge and Dalton May 8-13.
  • Battle of Resaca May 14-15.
  • Near Cassville May 19.
  • New Hope Church May 25.
  • Operations on line of Pumpkin Vine Creek and battles about Dallas,
  • New Hope Church and Allatoona Hills May 26-June 5.
  • Operations about Marietta and against Kenesaw Mountain June 10-July 2.
  • Pine Hill June 11-14.
  • Lost Mountain June 15-17.
  • Gilgal or Golgotha Church June 15.
  • Muddy Creek June 17.
  • Noyes Creek June 19.
  • Kolb's Farm June 22.
  • Assault on Kenesaw Mountain June 27.
  • Ruff's Station or Smyrna Camp Ground July 4.
  • Chattahoochie River July 5-17.
  • Peach Tree Creek July 19-20.
  • Siege of Atlanta July 22-August 25.
  • Operations at Chattahoochie River Bridge August 26-September 2.
  • Occupation of Atlanta September 2-November 15.
  • Expedition to Tuckum's Cross Roads October 26-29.
  • Near Atlanta November 9.
  • March to the sea November 15-December 10.
  • Near Davidsboro November 28.
  • Siege of Savannah December 10-21.
    Service & Battles - 1865
  • Campaign of the Carolinas January to April, 1865.
  • Battle of Bentonville, N. C., March 19-21.
  • Occupation of Goldsboro March 24.
  • Advance on Raleigh April 9-13.
  • Occupation of Raleigh April 14.
  • Bennett's House April 26.
  • Surrender of Johnston and his army.
  • March to Washington, D.C., via Richmond, Va., April 29-May 20.
  • Grand Review May 24.
  • Duty in Dept. of Washington, D.C., till July.
  • Mustered out July 11, 1865.
    Regimental Losses
  • Regiment lost during service 3 Officers and 99 Enlisted men killed and mortally wounded and 1 Officer and 84 Enlisted men by disease. Total 187.