Union Army infantry regiment
Military unit
The 29th Pennsylvania Volunteer Infantry was an infantry regiment that served in the Union Army during the American Civil War .
Service
The 29th Pennsylvania Infantry was organized in Philadelphia , Pennsylvania , beginning May 15, 1861, for a three-year enlistment and mustered in July 1, 1861, under the command of Colonel John K. Murphy.
The regiment was attached to Gordon's Brigade, Department of the Susquehanna , August 1861. 3rd Brigade. Banks' Division, Army of the Potomac , to March 1862. 3rd Brigade, 1st Division, Banks' V Corps , and Department of the Shenandoah to June 1862. 3rd Brigade, 1st Division, II Corps , Army of Virginia , to September 1862. 3rd Brigade, 1st Division, XII Corps , Army of the Potomac, to March 1863. 2nd Brigade, 2nd Division, XII Corps, Army of the Potomac, to October 1863, and Army of the Cumberland to April 1864. 3rd Brigade, 2nd Division, XX Corps , Army of the Cumberland, to June 1865. Bartlett's Division, XXII Corps , Department of Washington , to July 1865.
The 29th Pennsylvania Infantry mustered out July 11, 1865.
Detailed service
The 29th under fire in the trenches at the Battle of Chancellorsville 1861
Left Pennsylvania for Harpers Ferry, Va., August 3
Duty at Harpers Ferry and on the Upper Potomac River until February 1862
Operations about Dams 4 and 5 December 17–20, 1861
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 (Companies 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 until June 10
Moved to Front Royal June 10–18; then 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 supply trains during the Second Battle of Bull Run
Maryland Campaign September 6–24
Battle of Antietam September 16–17 (provost and rear guard)
Chambersburg, Pa., October 11
Duty at Maryland Heights until December
March to Fredericksburg, Va., December 10–16
Fairfax Station December 12
At Stafford Court House until April 1863
1863
"Mud March" January 20–24
Chancellorsville Campaign April 27 – May 6
Battle of Chancellorsville May 1–5
Gettysburg Campaign June 11 – July 24
Battle of Gettysburg July 1–3
Pursuit of Lee July 5–24
Duty on line of the Rappahannock River until September
Movement to Bridgeport, Ala., September 24 – October 3
Reopening Tennessee River October 26–29
Battle of Wauhatchie October 28–29
Chattanooga-Ringgold Campaign November 23–27
Battle of Lookout Mountain November 23–24
Missionary Ridge November 25
Ringgold Gap, Taylor's Ridge, November 27
Reenlisted December 10
Guard duty on Nashville & Chattanooga Railroad until April 1864
1864
Atlanta 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 Kennesaw 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 Kennesaw Mountain June 27
Ruff's Station or Smyrna Camp Ground July 4
Chattahoochie River July 5–17
Peachtree 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
1865
Carolinas Campaign January to April
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 of the Armies May 24Duty in Department of Washington, D.C., until July.
Casualties
The regiment lost a total of 187 men during service; 3 officers and 99 enlisted men killed or mortally wounded, 1 officer and 84 enlisted men died of disease.
Commanders
Colonel John K. Murphy – discharged April 23, 1863, due to disability
Colonel William Rickards, Jr. – discharged November 2, 1864, due to wounds received in action at the Battle of Kennesaw Mountain
Colonel Samuel M. Zulick
See also
References
Dechert, Robert Porter. Oration of Colonel Robert Porter Dechert at Dedication of Monument of 29th Regiment Pennsylvania Volunteers, Gettysburg, July 3, 1885 (S.l.: s.n.), 1885.
Dyer, Frederick H. A Compendium of the War of the Rebellion (Des Moines, IA: Dyer Pub. Co.), 1908. Attribution public domain : Dyer, Frederick H. (1908). A Compendium of the War of the Rebellion . Des Moines, IA: Dyer Publishing Co.
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