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The 79th Regiment Pennsylvania Veteran Volunteer Infantry served in the 2nd Brigade, 1st Division, 14th Corps, under the command of Colonel Henry A. Hambright. At the Battle of Chickamauga, 390 were engaged, and 137 were killed, wounded, or missing. The regiment held this position from early Sunday morning, September 20th, until evening, when it was ordered to retire. It was organized in Lancaster County, Pennsylvania, in September 1861, re-enlisted as veteran volunteers at Chattanooga, Tennessee, on February 12, 1864, and was mustered out at Fairfax Seminary, Virginia, on July 12, 1865.
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Fort Oglethorpe, Georgia · United States
