General Andrew A. Humpherys

Located at the intersection of Sickles Avenue and the Emmitsburg Road is the monument to Brig. Gen. Andrew Atkinson Humphreys, commander of the 2nd Division of Sickles’ III Corps (Berry’s old division). Humphreys (1810-1883) was a career officer and graduate of West Point (1831). A native of Philadelphia, Humphreys’ division held the Emmitsburg Road line on the July 2 where it was virtually destroyed. This was not any fault of Humphreys, however. His varied Civil War assignments after Gettysburg include serving as Meade’s chief of staff and he finished the War in command of the storied Second Corps of the Army of the Potomac. Humphreys was known to his men as “Old Goggle Eyes” because of his eyeglasses; although an older general at Gettysburg, he was trim and fit. He was known widely as a very strict discplinarian who was personally very brave.

Humphreys monument was erected along the Emmitsburg Road around 1915 along with the stautes of fellow Pennsylvania division commanders John Geary and Alexander Hays.

Tags: Commemoratives, Emmitsburg Road, Gettysburg, III Corps, Monument Project