Company A
Captain
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79th Pennsylvania Infantry
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Company A
Private
Enlisted 19 Aug 1861. Discharged 3 Oct 1864
Company B
Private
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Company C
1st Lieutenant
Mustered into service on September 24, 1861
Wounded at the Battle of Perryville, Ky(8 Oct 1862);
Promoted from 1st Sergeant to 2d Lt., October 9, 1862;
to 1st Lt., December 1, 1863;
commissioned Captain, December 20, 1864, not mustered;
mustered out with Company, July 12, 1865.
Company D
Private
No family notes have been added.
Company E
Sergeant
Enlisted as a Sergeant on 1 October 1861.
Captured at Chickamauga, GA on 20 September 1863.
Released on 13 December 1864.
Discharged on 27 February 1865.
Company F
Corporal
Great grandfather
Company G
Corporal
No family notes have been added.
Company I
2nd Lieutenant
Mustered into service on September 18, 1861
Promoted from 1st Sergeant, April 23, 1865;
mustered out with Company, July 12, 1865; Vet