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The 10th Pennsylvania Reserves, also known as the 39th Pennsylvania Infantry, served in the 3d Brigade, 3d Division, 5th Corps. On July 2d at Gettysburg, it occupied this line of stone fence and remained there from 5 p.m. until the close of the battle. Present at Gettysburg were 28 officers and 392 men; 2 men were killed and 3 men were wounded, for a total of 5. The regiment was mustered in from June 3 to July 3, 1861, and mustered out June 1, 1864. It was recruited in Warren, Crawford, Mercer, Venango, Lawrence, Clarion, Beaver, Washington, and Somerset Counties. Total enrollment was 1150. Its losses were 7 officers and 130 men killed and died of wounds, 50 men dead of disease and other causes, and 3 officers and 140 men captured or missing, for total casualties of 604. Its listed engagements were Dranesville, Antietam, Mechanicsville, Fredericksburg, Gaines' Mill, Gettysburg, Glendale, Bristoe Station, Malvern Hill, Mine Run, Gainesville, Wilderness, Groveton, Spotsylvania, 2d Bull Run, North Anna, South Mountain, Totopotomoy, and Bethesda Church.
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