105th Pennsylvania Infantry Monument This monument, dedicated on September 11, 1889, marks the area the 105th Pennsylvania Infantry was positioned along with the rest of General Charles K. Graham's III Corps brigade on the Second Day of the Battle of Gettysburg (July 2, 1863). The unit, commanded by Colonel Calvin A. Craig, first supported the 63rd Pennsylvania Infantry in the Peach Orchard, and came under sharpshooter fire as soon as it reached its position. It was then placed between the Peach Orchard and the Klingel Farmhouse...[Read More] (Bio by: Russ Dodge) Gettysburg National Military Park, Gettysburg, Adams County, Pennsylvania, USA Plot: Emmitsburg Road and United States Avenue
107th New York Infantry Monument This monument marks the position the 107th New York Infantry held during the Confederate attacks on Culp's Hill on the third day of the Battle of Gettysburg. The regiment, commanded by Colonel Nirom N. Crane, arrived on the field on July 1, 1864 while the Union I and XI corps were fighting north of the town, and were positioned on the right of the Union line South of Gettysburg. After building breastworks during the night, they were marched to the Round Top area on the second day to re-...[Read More] (Bio by: Russ Dodge) Gettysburg National Military Park, Gettysburg, Adams County, Pennsylvania, USA Plot: Slocum Avenue, near Spangler's Spring
114th Pennsylvania Infantry Monument This monument, dedicated on July 2, 1886, marks where the 114th Pennsylvania Infantry was positioned during the heaviest fighting on the Second Day of the Battle of Gettysburg (July 2, 1863). The regiment, known as the "Collis Zouaves" after their Colonel, Charles H.T. Collis, was notably attired in the bright red pants of the French Zouave soldier during the Campaign. On July 2 it was commanded by Lieutenant Colonel Frederick F. Cavada (Colonel Collis having been wounded at Chancellorsville)...[Read More] (Bio by: Russ Dodge) Gettysburg National Military Park, Gettysburg, Adams County, Pennsylvania, USA Plot: Emmitsburg Road, Sherfy Farmhouse
11th New Jersey Infantry Monument This monument marks the initial center line held by the 11th New Jersey, commanded by Colonel Robert McAllister, when it was positioned along the Emmitsburg Road by Major General Daniel Sickles (at the time of the battle there was a small orchard here). When the attack of Longstreet's Corps swept through the Peach Orchard south of this position, the 11th New Jersey switched position to the left and south of the Klingel...[Read More] (Bio by: Russ Dodge) Gettysburg National Military Park, Gettysburg, Adams County, Pennsylvania, USA Plot: South of the Klingel House, Emmitsburg Road
12th New Hampshire Infantry Monument This monument marks the line where the 12th New Hampshire Infantry (called the "Mountaineers"), commanded by Captain John F. Langley, stood its ground along the III Corps line while it resisted the attack of Wilcox's Brigade of Alabamans on the second day of the Battle of Gettysburg (July 2, 1863). The regiment, part of Brig. Gen. Joseph B. Carr's brigade, was positioned just North of the Klingel House along Emmitsburg Road, with the 11th NJ Infantry on its left and the 11th Massachusetts on...[Read More] (Bio by: Russ Dodge) Gettysburg National Military Park, Gettysburg, Adams County, Pennsylvania, USA Plot: Emmitsburg Road, North of the Klingel Farmhouse
143rd Pennsylvania Infantry Monument This monument, dedicated to the memory of the 143rd Pennsylvania Volunteer Infantry, depicts Color Sergeanr Benjamin Crippen. On July 1, 1863, at the Battle of Gettysburg, he was bearing the National Flag as the men of the 143rd Pennsylvania in the Union's 1st Corps slowly gave ground to the Confederates (the general center of their line is marked by the monument). He floated his standard in the field as the regiment fought around it and was the last to retreat turning several times to shake...[Read More] (Bio by: John "J-Cat" Griffith) Gettysburg National Military Park, Gettysburg, Adams County, Pennsylvania, USA Plot: Chambersburg Pike and Reynolds Avenue
149th Pennsylvania Infantry, Company D Monument This monument marks the general area near the Shultz House where the 60 men of Company D, 149th Pennsylvania Infantry were rushed from their posts as divisional provost gaurds into the collapsing Union lines north of the town of Gettysburg late in the fighting of the First Day of the Battle (July 1, 1863). Led by Captain James Glenn, the only unwounded officer of the regiment, Company D stalled advancing Confederates of General Abner Perrin’s brigade for 20 minutes, which gave a bit more time...[Read More] (Bio by: Russ Dodge) Gettysburg National Military Park, Gettysburg, Adams County, Pennsylvania, USA Plot: West Confederate Avenue, Shultz House
151st Pennsylvania Infantry Monument This monument, dedicated on July 1, 1888, marks the area of McPherson Woods west of the Lutheran Theological Seminary where the 151st Pennsylvania Volunteer Infantry, commanded by Colonel Harrison Allen, fought against AP Hill's Army of Northern Virginia's I Corps on the 1st Day of the Battle of Gettysburg (July 1, 1863). The regiment fought on open plains for most of the day either anchoring the Army of the Potomac's I Corps left flank or supporting the Iron Brigade as it was engaged further...[Read More] (Bio by: Russ Dodge) Gettysburg National Military Park, Gettysburg, Adams County, Pennsylvania, USA Plot: South Reynolds Avenue
17th Pennsylvania Cavalry Monument The monument stands near the spot where the 17th Pennsylvania Cavalry stood watch over the Mummasburg Road north of the town of Gettysburg Pennsylvania on July 1, 1863. The regiment held it's position against Confederate forces until the arrival of the Union 1st Corps. They then moved to cover the roads to Carlisle and Harrisburg, holding the enemy in check until relieved by troops of the Union 11th Corps. Later they took position to cover the retreat of the 11th Corps to Cemetery Hill. The...[Read More] (Bio by: John "J-Cat" Griffith) Gettysburg National Military Park, Gettysburg, Adams County, Pennsylvania, USA
1st Minnesota Infantry Monument Monument to the 1st Minnesota Volunteer Infantry Regiment, which suffered 82 percent casualties during the Battle of Gettysburg, the highest percent of casualties ever suffered by an American military unit in any single engagement. The First Minnesota was also the first regiment of volunteers to answer President Lincoln's call for 75,000 soldiers in April 1861 in response to the succession of the Southern States. The monument shows a running soldier, carrying his rifle with fixed bayonet...[Read More] (Bio by: Kit and Morgan Benson) Gettysburg National Military Park, Gettysburg, Adams County, Pennsylvania, USA Plot: Hancock Avenue
1st New Jersey Light Artillery, Battery B Monument Memorial maker for the 1st New Jersey Light Artillery (Clark's Battery). Located on Sickles Avenue in the Excelsior Field, this monument marks the sport where Clark's Battery, commanded by Captain A. Judson Clark, was positioned on July 2, 1863 while trying to repulse the Confederate attack on the peach orchard. Gettysburg National Military Park, Gettysburg, Adams County, Pennsylvania, USA Plot: Crawford Avenue in Plum Run Valley
20th Indiana Infantry Monument This monument, dedicated on October 28, 1885, marks the area where the 20th Indiana Infantry engaged the Confederates in the Rose Woods on the Second Day of the Battle of Gettysburg (July 2, 1863). The unit, commanded Colonel John Wheeler, was moved from its position along Cemetery Ridge to the Rose Woods area east of Devil's Den when the III Corps line was extended. The regiment was then attacked along with the rest of...[Read More] (Bio by: Russ Dodge) Gettysburg National Military Park, Gettysburg, Adams County, Pennsylvania, USA
23rd Pennsylvania Infantry Monument The 23rd Pennsylvania Monument is located on Culp's Hill, Slocum Avenue at The Gettysburg National Military Park. It is a tribute to all the men of the 23rd Pennsylvania. It was dedicated on August 5th 1886 by the Survivors of the 23rd Pennsylvania Volunteers. The monument at that time was topped by a set of highly polished granite cannonballs. In 1888 the monument was rededicated and moved across the street. The State of Pennsylvania gave $1500.00 toward an upgrade and the 23rd Volunteers...[Read More] (Bio by: Frank P. Marrone Jr.) Gettysburg National Military Park, Gettysburg, Adams County, Pennsylvania, USA Plot: Slocum Avenue, Culp's Hill
24th Michigan Infantry Monument It was also known as Detroit and Wayne County Regiment, being raised almost exclusively in the county of Wayne, with its rendezvous at Detroit, recuring beginning 7/26, and being mustered in, 8/15/1862. It served in the Army of the Potomac, and was assigned to the famous Iron Brigade. They first saw the elephant at Fredericksburg, Virginia. in mid 12/1862. 493 men marched to Gettysburg, and by the end of the first day's battle fewer than 100 men, were left, an 80% casualty rate. The Regiment...[Read More] (Bio by: Helen L. Smith Hoke) Gettysburg National Military Park, Gettysburg, Adams County, Pennsylvania, USA
2nd Delaware Infantry Monument This monument, dedicated June 10, 1886, marks the area in the Rose Woods where the 2nd Delaware Infantry fought on the Second Day of the Battle of Gettysburg (July 2, 1863). Commanded by Colonel William P. Baily, it was part of Colonel John R. Brooke's brigade that attacked the Wheatfield with the balance of John Caldwell's division at 4:30PM. The regiment was the brigade's extreme left unit, and held this position while fighting Confederates after the brigade made it across the casualty-strewn...[Read More] (Bio by: Russ Dodge) Gettysburg National Military Park, Gettysburg, Adams County, Pennsylvania, USA Plot: Brooke Avenue, Rose Grove
2nd Maine Light Artillery, Battery B Monument The Battery B, 2nd Maine Light Artillery, monument is located on Chambersburg Pike near Reynolds Avenue, Gettysburg, Pennsylvania. During the Battle of Gettysburg, on July 2, 1863, Battery B, 2nd Maine Light Artillery, commanded by Captain James A. Hall, Union Army, held Confederate forces in check until Union troops were in position. (Bio by: John "J-Cat" Griffith) Gettysburg National Military Park, Gettysburg, Adams County, Pennsylvania, USA Plot: Chambersburg Pike, McPherson Ridge
42nd New York Infantry Monument Dedicated on September 24, 1891, the 42nd New York Infantry Monument was erected to honor the veterans of the regiment who fought for the Union Army at the Battle of Gettysburg during the Civil War. The regiment held the position where the monument stands on July 3, 1863 and assisted in repulsing Pickett's Charge on the final day of the three day battle. The impressive monument is near the High Water Mark and stands 31 feet tall complete with a distinctive bronze sculpture depicting an Indian...[Read More] (Bio by: Kevin Guy) Gettysburg National Military Park, Gettysburg, Adams County, Pennsylvania, USA
