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29th Pennsylvania Infantry
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hugh mc clister - Private
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Contact Name: chris conaway
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Date Added: 10/28/2007

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Gettysburg Sources WantedRank Unknown
I'm seeking unpublished letters, diaries, and photographs of members of the 29th Pennsylvania Infantry ('Jackson Infantry') who participated in the Battle of Gettysburg. Thank-you very much for your reply.
Contact Name: Scott D. Hann
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Date Added: 8/19/2015

Company A
Benjamin F. Sandy - Private
My Great Great Great Uncle Benjamin F. Sandy served in Company A of the 29th Pennsylvania Infantry. Born in 1837 in Philadelphia PA. Enlisted 6/16/1861 in Philadelphia. Discharged July 16, 1864 Expiration of Service. US National Homes for Disabled Volunteer Soldiers 1866-1938.
Contact Name: Ryan Sandy
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Date Added: 10/17/2010

Company B
George Schaffer - Private
Enlisted May 14 1861
Honorably Discharged July 16 1864
Taken prisoner at Winchester abt 22 May 1862, sent to Belle Isle, Richmond VA, Paroled at Aikens Landing VA Sep 13, 1862 and returned to his regiment.
Contact Name: Faith Smith
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Date Added: 10/21/2008

Company B
Isaac B Weightman - Corporal
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Contact Name: Ray Weightman
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Date Added: 1/18/2017

Company C
William Boon - Private
William Boon, of Philadelphia, born 1841, joined the 29th Pa. Infantry in the summer of 1861. Wounded at Culp's Hill, Gettysburg, his leg was later amputated though he served until the war's end. He lived in Darby, Delaware County, Pa., and died in 1914. He was the brother-in-law of Sgt. Thomas Boyd Beebe.
Contact Name: Jim Rickards
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Date Added: 6/30/2004

Company C
Michael Punch - Private
Enlisted in Co C, PA 29th Infantry Regiment on 1 July 1861. Mustered out on 16 Jul 1864.
Contact Name: Antoinette Curtis Siegle
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Date Added: 2/8/2014

Company E
William Henry Miles - Corporal
William Henry Miles, 6'0', hazel eyes; occupation: miller; born 26 Apr 1841 Clifton Mills Farm, PA; christened Presbyterian Chester Co ENLISTED: Harrisburg, PA 16 Jun 1863, Company 'E' 29th Reg DISCHARGED: 3 Jul 1863 as Corporal reason due to 'expiration of Term of service', age 22
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Date Added: 9/4/2006

Company I
William Rickards Jr. - Colonel
Col. William Rickards Jr., of Philadelphia, was a jeweler by trade when the war started. He was mustered into service in July 1861 as captain of Company I. Captured by Confederate forces in May 1862, he was exchanged in August and promoted to lieutenant colonel in October 1862. In May 1863 he assumed command of the 29th as colonel. He led the regiment in the defense of Culp's Hill at Gettysburg, at the night battle in Wauhatchie, Tenn., and in the attack at Lookout Mountain, Tenn. His troops were the first to reach the top of the mountain in the Battle Above the Clouds, planting the 'Stars and Stripes' on the mountain's summit. While leading his troops in an assault on a Confederate defensive position in a skirmish at Pine Knob near Kennesaw Mountain, Ga., on June 15, 1864, he was severely wounded with a gunshot to the chest. While recovering, he was promoted to brevet brigadier general and honorably discharged in November 1864. After the war, he moved to Franklin, Pa., where he worked as manager of an oil drilling business and later became a dentist. He died at the age of 75 on May 25, 1900, in Franklin, Pa.
Contact Name: Jim Rickards
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Date Added: 6/30/2004

Company K
John Applegate - Private
For anyone interested, I have letters written on Union Stationary from John Applegate who was killed on July 3, 1863 in the Battle of Gettesburg, on Culps Hill
Contact Name: Cindy Applegate Roberson
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Date Added: 7/21/2014

Company K
Thomas Boyd Beebe - Sergeant
Sgt. Thomas Boyd Beebe, born 1839, was mustered into the 29th in summer 1861. He was given a medical discharge in November 1862. He died in 1890.
Contact Name: Jim Rickards
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Date Added: 6/30/2004

Company K
James HardingRank Unknown
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Contact Name: Richard Martin
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Date Added: 6/30/2006

Company K
William D. Rickards - Captain
William D. Rickards was a cousin of the 29th''s commander, Col. William Rickards Jr. He joined the 29th as a lieutenant in July 1861, serving in Company E and later in Company K. He fulfilled his three-year enlistment and was discharged as a captain in July 1864.
Contact Name: Jim Rickards
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Date Added: 4/28/2005

Company L
james sloan - Private
Not sure of the company. Hard to read Captain was William H Faites. I have the discharge notice dated 7/17/1865 near Alexandrea
Contact Name: walter carroll
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Date Added: 4/12/2011

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