29th Pennsylvania Volunteers

The 29th Pennsylvania Volunteers, organized on June 10, 1861, by Colonel John K. Murphy, was the first volunteer regiment to reenlist. At Gettysburg, under Colonel Wm. Rickards, Jr., it fought on Wolf's Hill on July 1st, 1863, and was engaged there on July 2nd and 3rd. The regiment served in the 2nd Brigade under Brigadier General Thomas L. Kane, 2nd Division under Brigadier General John Geary, 12th Corps under Brigadier General A.S. Williams, Right Wing under Major General H.W. Slocum. It reenlisted on December 9th, 1863, and was mustered out on July 27th, 1865. Its losses at Gettysburg included J. Mc Keever, 2nd Lieutenant; A.E. J. Harvey, 2nd Lieutenant; K.C. H. Letford, Sergeant Major; A. E. Thomas, 1st Sergeant; H.E. N. Sommerkamp, Sergeant; I.J. Lower, Sergeant; K.W. Louder, Corporal; I.J. Morford, Company A; D. Hanna, Company A; T. Acton, Company B; C. H. Warner, Company B; E. Mc Laughlin, Company I; J. Morrow, Company I; J. Watson, Company I; J. Applegate, Company K; R. S. Hews, Company K; and R. Lockhart, Company K, with 41 wounded.

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