Andrew A. Luckenbach, born of goodly parentage, and allied by marriage with some of the best families of the neighborhood, received his early education in the private schools of Bethlehem, and on the completion of his school course engaged in the milling business with his father in the old mill established by the paternal energy and industry. There he remained until his father's retirement, when he reorganized the business in partnership with his brother and expanded it into the well-known firm of Luckenbach Brothers Flour Milling Company. There was an interval of exchange from business cares for the arduous duties, dangers and hardships o a soldier's life, when, stirred by the patriotic fervor which characterized his family, the rising merchant left his home to serve his country in the Civil war of 1861-1865, enlisting in Company C, One Hundred Twenty-ninth Regiment Pennsylvania Volunteers, under Colonel Frick and Captain Luckenbach (his brother). This regiment formed a part of the First Brigade, Third Division, Fifth Army Corps, and bore a gallant part in the many arduous campaigns and bitterly contested battles which adorn the history of the magnificent Army of the Potomac.