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United States Army, 29th Pennsylvania Infantry Regiment Papers
This collection contains various papers relating to the 29th Pennsylvania Infantry Regiment, popularly called the Jackson Infantry, as well as the 29th Regiment Survivor's Association. It includes: minutes and notes on the organization of the regiment in Philadelphia, 1861; lists of deaths of m...
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| Collection: | United States Army, 29th Pennsylvania Infantry Regiment Papers |
| Collection Number: | 1808 |
| Format: | Manuscript |
| Language: | English |
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0.4 Linear feet 0.4 linear feet, 1 box, 2 volumes |
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This collection contains various papers relating to the 29th Pennsylvania Infantry Regiment, popularly called the Jackson Infantry, as well as the 29th Regiment Survivor's Association. It includes: minutes and notes on the organization of the regiment in Philadelphia, 1861; lists of deaths of members; minutes, 1888-1900, of the Survivors Association; and the manuscript of David Mouat's reminiscences entitled "Three Years in the Twenty-Ninth Pennsylvania Volunteers, 1861-1864." Mouat, a private in Company G, gave accounts of the organization of the regiment, his capture in 1862, and his participation in several battles, including Front Royal, Va.; Chancellorsville; Gettysburg; Lookout Mountain, Tenn.; and Resaca, Ga. There are also several newspaper clippings from 1912. |