44th New York Infantry Monument Dedicated July 3, 1893. The largest regimental monument on the battlefield. The granite castle was built 44 feet high to represent the 44th NY Inf. and 12 feet square to represent two companies of the 12th NY Inf. Daniel Butterfield, regimental commander of the 12th Inf, 1st brigade commander of the 44th and army Chief of Staff at Gettysburg, designed it. There is a bronze plaque featuring reliefs of General Butterfield and General Francis Barlow inside the chamber, along with plaques...[Read More] (Bio by: Helen L. Smith Hoke) Gettysburg National Military Park, Gettysburg, Adams County, Pennsylvania, USA
4th United States Artillery, Battery K Monument This monument marks the area where Battery K, 4th United States Artillery, commanded by 1st Lieutenant Francis W. Seeley, was positioned when the Union III Corps was extended to Emmitsburg Road around 4PM on July 2, 1863. For the next hour and a half after its movement, the battery fought a continuous artillery duel with Confederate batteries on and around Seminary Ridge, being supported by the 2nd Brigade of the 2nd Division of the III Corps. When the Confederates under General James...[Read More] (Bio by: Russ Dodge) Gettysburg National Military Park, Gettysburg, Adams County, Pennsylvania, USA Plot: Emmitsburg Road, South of Klingel Farmhouse
57th Pennsylvania Infantry Monument This memorial monument, dedicated on July 2, 1888, marks the line where the 57th Pennsylvania Infantry fought against the Confederate attacks on the Second day of the Battle of Gettysburg (July 2, 1863). The regiment, commanded by Colonel Peter Sides, was advanced with the rest of its III Corps brigade from Cemetery Hill to the famed Peach Orchard when General Daniel Sickles extended his battle line without orders. Here the regiment supported Union artillery batteries, and came under artillery...[Read More] (Bio by: Russ Dodge) Gettysburg National Military Park, Gettysburg, Adams County, Pennsylvania, USA Plot: Emmitsburg Road, at the Sherfy Farmhouse.
5th New Jersey Infantry Monument This monument marks the initial line of the 5th New Jersey Infantry after it was deployed to reinforce the extended III Corps line in front of the Klingel House along Emmitsburg Road. The regiment, commanded by Colonel William J. Sewell, arrived on the Battlefield on the night of July 1, 1863, and was posted with the rest of its brigade in the woods near the Trostle House. Late on July 2 it was detached from the brigade...[Read More] (Bio by: Russ Dodge) Gettysburg National Military Park, Gettysburg, Adams County, Pennsylvania, USA Plot: Emmitsburg Road, South of the Rogers Farmhouse Site
61st New York Infantry Monument This monument, dedicated on July 1, 1889, stands in the Wheatfield, where the 61st New York Infantry fought as part of Col. Edward Cross' II Corps Brigade. The regiment, known as the "Clinton Guards" and commanded by Lieutenant Colonel K. Oscar Broady, charged through the east half of the Wheatfield with the rest of its brigade and engaged Confederates under General Richard Anderson in the Rose Woods during the heavy fighting on July 2, 1863. They battled there until Confederate re-enforcements...[Read More] (Bio by: Russ Dodge) Gettysburg National Military Park, Gettysburg, Adams County, Pennsylvania, USA Plot: The Wheatfield
7th New Jersey Infantry Monument This monument marks the area where the 7th New Jersey Infantry was stationed in support of Battery B, 1st New Jersey Light Artillery on the 2nd Day of the Battle of Gettysburg (July 2, 1863). The regiment, commanded by Colonel Louis R. Francine, was first posted with the rest of its brigade in Trostle's Woods after arriving on the field. At 4PM it was detached to the Peach Orchard area to bolster General Charles Graham's...[Read More] (Bio by: Russ Dodge) Gettysburg National Military Park, Gettysburg, Adams County, Pennsylvania, USA Plot: Sickles Avenue, Excelsior Field
84th New York Infantry Monument The 84th New York Volunteer Infantry (also called "the Red Legged Devils" because of the red pants of their uniforms), under the command of Colonel Edward B. Fowler, had a fine and courageous fighting record. Various called the 1th Brooklyn and the 14th New York Militia, they served in most of the major campaigns including First Bull Run, Second Bull Run, Antietam, Fredericksburg, Chancellorsville, Gettysburg, The Wilderness, and Spottsylvania. During July 1-3, 1863, at the pivotal battle of...[Read More] Gettysburg National Military Park, Gettysburg, Adams County, Pennsylvania, USA
8th New York Cavalry Monument Also known as "Rochester Regiment," and informally the "Crooks Cavalry Regiment". The monument stands on the position now occupied by the near-by 8th Illinois Cavalry monument. It was moved since it was previously sitting on what was the approximate center of the main battle line of the 8th Illinois on the morning of July 1, 1863, was dedicated on June 9, 1889. Inscribed on the monument: "Pickets of this regiment were attacked about 5 a.m., July 1, 1863, by the advance skirmishers of Heth's...[Read More] (Bio by: Helen L. Smith Hoke) Gettysburg National Military Park, Gettysburg, Adams County, Pennsylvania, USA
99th Pennsylvania Infantry Monument This monument to the 99th Pennsylvania Infantry, located on North Hancock Avenue, is one of two for the regiment in the Gettysburg National Military Park. The unit, commanded by Major John W. Moore, arrived on the field after the end the fighting on the First Day of the Battle of Gettysburg (July 1, 1863). On the Second Day the regiment was engaged in skirmishing near the Rogers House on the Emmitsburg Road, before it...[Read More] (Bio by: Russ Dodge) Gettysburg National Military Park, Gettysburg, Adams County, Pennsylvania, USA Plot: North Hancock Avenue
Corby, William [memorial] b. October 2, 1833 d. December 28, 1897 Civil War Union Army Chaplain. Served as Chaplain with the Union's Army of the Potomac's Irish Brigade. On July 2, 1863, Father Corby mounted a large rock on Cemetery Ridge and gave absolution to the men of the Irish Brigade before they entered the battle in the Wheatfield. Today a statue of him stands on the rock he mounted that day. (Bio by: Ethan) Gettysburg National Military Park, Gettysburg, Adams County, Pennsylvania, USA
Gettysburg Bliss Farm Monuments These two monuments, one for the 12th New Jersey Infantry and one for the 14th Connecticut Infantry, mark the site of the William Bliss Farmhouse and Barn, which were the subject of fierce fighting on the Second and Third Days of the Battle of Gettysburg (July 2 and 3, 1863). The Farm stood in the no-man's land between the Confederate forces on Seminary Ridge and the Union Army on Cemetery Ridge. It was a perfect place for sharpshooters of either army to harass their enemy, thus making it...[Read More] (Bio by: Russ Dodge) Gettysburg National Military Park, Gettysburg, Adams County, Pennsylvania, USA Plot: Bliss Farmhouse Site, South of Long Lane
Indiana State Monument This monument commemorates the Indiana Regiments who fought at the Battle of Gettysburg. On July 1, 1971, the new twenty-eight thousand pound monument was dedicated. It is located in Spangler’s Meadow in an area where the 27th Indiana took massive casualties. The monument is made from Bedford, Indiana, limestone and “consists of two ten-foot high pylons soaring on either side of the die.” It also includes a walkway and benches. (Bio by: Eric Lowman) Gettysburg National Military Park, Gettysburg, Adams County, Pennsylvania, USA Plot: Colgrove Avenue
Irish Brigade Monument Dedicated July 2, 1888. Members of the 63rd, 69th and 88th New York Infantry Regiments are honored by this Monument. They were migrates from Ireland who came to US, to escape political repression and the potato famine. A life-size Irish wolfhound at the base, represents faith and devotion. Above is a Celtic cross, a traditional Irish symbol and the the trefoil symbol of the 2nd Army Corps. Beneath is the numeric designations of the regiments, the state seal of NY, and the seal of Ireland. A...[Read More] (Bio by: Helen L. Smith Hoke) Gettysburg National Military Park, Gettysburg, Adams County, Pennsylvania, USA
Pennsylvania Monument [memorial] Dedicated on September 27, 1910, the Pennsylvania Monument was erected as a memorial to the Pennsylvania officers and enlisted men who fought at the Battle of Gettysburg during the Civil War. The largest among hundreds of monuments at Gettysburg National Military Park in Adams County, Pennsylvania, the monument is an imposing structure that stands 110 feet tall complete with a spiral staircase that leads to an observation deck. Situated at the center of the Union line where the Army of the...[Read More] (Bio by: Kevin Guy) Gettysburg National Military Park, Gettysburg, Adams County, Pennsylvania, USA
Williams, Gen. Walter Washington [memorial] b. November 14, 1842 d. December 19, 1959 Folk Figure. Allegedly born in Itawamba County, Mississippi, on November 14, 1842, he was claimed to be the last surviving veteran of the American Civil War, and had served in the Confederate Army during battle. Modern scholarship and research has attested that he was too young to have fought in the war. (Bio by: K) Gettysburg National Military Park, Gettysburg, Adams County, Pennsylvania, USA
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