29th Pennsylvania Infantry Regiment

Two monuments to the Twenty Ninth Pennsylvania Infantry are southeast of Getysburg on Slocum Avenue. see map >

From the front of the main monument:

July 2. Position of the Regiment. at 7 p.m.
the Brigade was withdrawn, and on returning
during the night found the enemy in these works
the Regiment took position in rear of this line
with its right as indicated by the tablet
erected to the left and rear; and from there
a charge of the enemy at day light of the 3rd
was repulsed after a contest of over seven hours
in which the regiment participated it reoccupied and
held the works until the close of the battle.

29th Pennsylvania Infantry
2nd Brigade, 2nd Division, 12th Corps

From the left side:

Recruited in Philadelphia.
Mustered in July 1861.
Re-enlisted Dec. 8, 1863.
Mustered out July 17, 1865.

From the right side:

Present at Gettysburg 485
Killed 15
Wounded 43
Captured or missing 8

From the front of the smaller monument:

Gettysburg
29th Reg. Penn. Vols.
Col. Wm. Rickards, Jr.
July 2nd and 3rd.
Wolf's Hill July 1st 1863.

From the right side:

2nd Brigade
Brig. Gen. Thomas Kane
12th Corps
Brig. Gen. A, S, Williams.
Right Wing
Maj. Gen. H. W. Slocum

From the left side:

Regiment
Organized June 10th 1861
By
Col. John K. Murphy
The First Volunteer Regiment
to reenlist
December 9th 1863
Mustered out July 27th 1865

From the rear:

Killed
J. Mc Keever 2nd Lieut. A.
E. J. Harvey 2nd Lieut. K.
C. H. Letford Sergt. Major
A. E. Thomas 1st sergt H.
E. N. Sommerkamp Sergt I.
J. Lower Sergt K.
W. Louder Corpl. I.
J. Morford Co. A.
D. Hanna Co. A.
T. Acton Co. B.
C. H. Warner Co. B.
E. Mc Laughlin Co. I.
J. Morrow Co. I.
J. Watson, Co. I.
J. Applegate Co. K.
R. S. Hews Co.K.
R. Lockhart Co. K.
Wounded
--41--

The regiment was commanded by Colonel William Rickards. It brought 485 men to the field, losing 15 killed, 43 wounded and 8 missing.

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