72nd Pennsylvania Volunteer Infantry

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Predicate Object
gptkbp:instance_of gptkb:infantry
gptkbp:active_years 1861-1865
gptkbp:affiliation gptkb:Grand_Army_of_the_Republic
gptkbp:armament gptkb:Springfield_rifle
gptkbp:battle Regimental Flag
gptkbp:branch gptkb:Army
gptkbp:casualties Over 200 killed in action
gptkbp:civic_engagement Participated in local events
gptkbp:colors gptkb:Blue
gptkbp:command_structure Regimental structure
gptkbp:commemoration Memorial services held annually
gptkbp:community_support Local fundraising efforts
gptkbp:country gptkb:United_States
gptkbp:cultural_impact Influenced local folklore
gptkbp:defeated April 1865
gptkbp:descendant Civil War reenactors
gptkbp:descendants_organizations Veterans' associations
gptkbp:disbanded 1865
gptkbp:educational_programs School history projects
gptkbp:engagement gptkb:Battle_of_Bull_Run
gptkb:Battle_of_Appomattox_Court_House
gptkbp:engagements gptkb:Battle_of_Antietam
gptkb:Battle_of_Chancellorsville
gptkb:Battle_of_Fredericksburg
gptkb:Battle_of_Gettysburg
gptkb:Battle_of_the_Wilderness
gptkbp:exhibition_history Displayed in museums
gptkbp:has_education Workshops on Civil War history
gptkbp:headquarters gptkb:Camp_William_Penn
gptkbp:historical_achievement Honored in local parades
gptkbp:historical_documentation Letters and diaries preserved
Items displayed in collections
gptkbp:historical_impact Contributed to Union victory
gptkbp:historical_records gptkb:Archives
gptkbp:historical_research Subject of various studies
gptkbp:historical_significance Fought in major Civil War battles
gptkbp:historical_tours Guided tours of battlefields
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label 72nd Pennsylvania Volunteer Infantry
gptkbp:legacy Commemoration in local history
gptkbp:memorials Various monuments in Pennsylvania
gptkbp:motto “ The Old 72nd”
gptkbp:nickname The 72nd Pennsylvania
gptkbp:notable_commanders Colonel John D. Mc Carty
gptkbp:organizes 1861
gptkbp:part_of gptkb:Union_Army
gptkbp:post_war_career Many members returned home
gptkbp:preservation_efforts Maintained through reenactments
gptkbp:publications Books and articles written about them
gptkbp:recruited_from gptkb:Philadelphia
gptkbp:recruitment Voluntary enlistment
gptkbp:reformed 1864
gptkbp:result gptkb:1st_Brigade,_3rd_Division,_II_Corps
gptkbp:reunion Annual gatherings
gptkbp:service_history Participated in over 30 battles
gptkbp:service_years 3 years
gptkbp:size Approximately 1,000 men
gptkbp:state gptkb:Pennsylvania
gptkbp:training_programs gptkb:Camp_Curtin
gptkbp:transportation gptkb:railway
gptkbp:uniform Union blue uniform
gptkbp:veterans Many served in post-war organizations
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:72nd_Pennsylvania_Infantry_Regiment
gptkbp:bfsLayer 6