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99th Pennsylvania Infantry

Gettysburg National Military Park, Pennsylvania
· 2nd Brigade, 1st Division, 3rd Corps
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The 99th Pennsylvania Infantry served in the 2nd Brigade, 1st Division, 3rd Corps and fought on this line in the afternoon of July 2nd at Gettysburg. Present at Gettysburg were 339 officers and men, with losses there of 1 officer and 24 men killed and died of wounds, 4 officers and 70 men wounded, and 11 men captured or missing, for a total of 110. Recruited in Philadelphia and Lancaster Counties, the regiment was mustered in from July 21, 1861 to January 18, 1862, re-enlisted in January 1864, and mustered out July 1, 1865, with a total enrollment of 2140. During its service, 9 officers and 115 men were killed and died of wounds, 1 officer and 116 men died of disease and other causes, 27 officers and 337 men were wounded, and 2 officers and 153 men were captured or missing, for a total of 760. Its engagements included 2nd Bull Run, Chantilly, White's Ford, Fredericksburg, Chancellorsville, Gettysburg, Wapping Heights, Auburn, Kelly's Ford, Mine Run, Wilderness, Spotsylvania, North Anna, Totopotomy, Cold Harbor, Petersburg, Strawberry Plains, Deep Bottom, Poplar Springs, Boydton Road, Hatcher's Run, Petersburg Watkins' House, Amelia Springs, and Appomattox.
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