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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 Hampshire Infantry Monument
This monument, dedicated in June 1886, marks the spot where brigade commander Colonel Edward Cross (of the 5th New Hampshire) was mortally wounded during the Second Day of the Battle of Gettysburg (July 2,1863). The 5th New Hampshire, commanded by Lieutenant Colonel Charles E. Hapgood, fielded 179 officers and men when it went into action to...[Read More] (Bio by: Russ Dodge)
Gettysburg National Military Park, Gettysburg, Adams County, Pennsylvania, USA
Plot: Ayres Avenue, Rose Grove, South of Wheatfield
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
6th New Jersey Infantry Monument
Located on Crawford Avenue in Plum Run Valley, this monument marks the spot where the 6th New Jersey Infantry, commanded by Lieutenant Colonel Stephen R. Gilkyson, was positioned on July 2, 1863. Here, Lt. Col. Gilkyson's command assisted in covering the withdrawal of Ward's Brigade as it was forced out of the Wheatfield/Devil's Den area. (Bio by: Russ Dodge)
Gettysburg National Military Park, Gettysburg, Adams County, Pennsylvania, USA
Plot: Crawford Avenue in Plum Run Valley
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
Abbaticchio, Edward James 'Batty' b. April 15, 1877 d. January 6, 1957
Major League Baseball Player. Born in Latrobe, Pennslyvainia, he was an infielder most noted as the first Italian-American to play Major League baseball. On September 4, 1897, he made his debut for the Philadelphia Phillies and for nine seasons, he played with the Philadelphia Phillies (1897-98), Boston Beaneaters (1903-05), Pittsburgh Pirates (1907-10) and was a member of the 1909 Pittsburgh Pirates World Series Championship team. He concluded his career with a record of 355 runs scored, 772...[Read More] (Bio by: John "J-Cat" Griffith)
Saint Marys Cemetery, Latrobe, Westmoreland County, Pennsylvania, USA
Abercrombie, John Joseph b. March 4, 1798 d. January 3, 1877
Civil War Union Brigadier General. He graduated from the United States Military Academy at West Point, New York in 1822, placing 37th of 40 (his classmates included future Union Generals J.K.F. Mansfield, David Hunter and George A. McCall, as well as future Confederate...[Read More] (Bio by: Russ Dodge)
Woodlands Cemetery, Philadelphia, Philadelphia County, Pennsylvania, USA
Plot: Section H, Lot 313
Acheson, David b. January 10, 1841 d. July 2, 1863
Civil War Union Army Officer. He served during the Civil War as Captain and commander of Company C, 140th Pennsylvania Volunteer Infantry, being commissioned on August 22, 1862. On the 2nd day of the Battle of Gettyburg (July 2, 1863), Captain Acheson led his company toward the fighting in the Wheatfield area after the start of the late afternoon attacks by General James Longstreet's Corps. He was then killed in the woods...[Read More] (Bio by: Ethan F. Bishop)
Washington Cemetery, Washington, Washington County, Pennsylvania, USA
Acheson, Ernest b. September 19, 1855 d. May 16, 1917
US Congressman. He was elected to represent Pennsylvania's 24th District in the United States House of Representatives, serving from 1895 to 1909.
Washington Cemetery, Washington, Washington County, Pennsylvania, USA
Acker, Ephraim b. January 11, 1827 d. May 12, 1903
US Congressman. He was elected to represent Pennsylvania's 6th District in the United States House of Representatives, serving from 1871 to 1873.
Norris City Cemetery, Norristown, Montgomery County, Pennsylvania, USA
Adamowski, Timothee b. March 24, 1858 d. April 18, 1943
Orchestra Conductor. He was the first conductor of the Boston Pops Symphonic Orchestra, leading it from it's inception in 1890 until 1894.
West Laurel Hill Cemetery, Bala Cynwyd, Montgomery County, Pennsylvania, USA
Plot: Norriton Section, Lot 7
Adams, Earl John b. August 26, 1894 d. February 24, 1989
Major League Baseball Player. Nicknamed "Sparky", he played Major League baseball as an infielder for 13 seasons (1922 to 1934) for the Chicago Cubs, Pittsburgh Pirates, St. Louis Cardinals and the Cincinnati Reds. He first spent time with the Cubs as a utility infielder until a trade allowed him to become a full fledged starter. He responded in 1925 by leading all National League 2nd basemen in putouts, assists and total chances. He also developed into a fine hitting leadoff man, and led the...[Read More] (Bio by: Russ Dodge)
Saint Peters Evangelical and Reformed Cemetery, Tremont, Schuylkill County, Pennsylvania, USA
Adams, Eddie b. June 12, 1933 d. September 19, 2004
Photojournalist. His career of over 50 years covered 13 wars, international politics, fashion and show business. He received a Pulitzer Prize for his graphic photograph of a South Vietnamese general's execution of a suspected Viet Cong leader on a Saigon street February 1, 1968. His works include U.S. presidents from Richard Nixon to George W. Bush and world figures Pope John Paul II, Deng Xiao Ping, Anwar Sadat, Fidel Castro, Mikhail Gorbachev, Indira Gandhi and the Shah of Iran. Besides the...[Read More] (Bio by: Fred Beisser)
Greenwood Memorial Park, Lower Burrell, Westmoreland County, Pennsylvania, USA
Adams, Edwin b. February 3, 1834 d. October 28, 1877
American Actor. Adams became interested in acting in his late teens, and before he turned twenty debuted on stage at the National Theatre in Boston portraying the character Stephen, the sympathetic character of Sir Thomas in "The Hunchback". Later that same year he appeared in Hamlet portraying the part of Bernado. In 1854, he left for Philadelphia where he was hired to perform at the Chester Street Athenaenum as the character Charles Woodley in "The Soldier's Daughter". For the next few years...[Read More] (Bio by: Saratoga)
Mount Moriah Cemetery, Philadelphia, Philadelphia County, Pennsylvania, USA

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