3d New York Independent Battery

The simple monument to the 3rd New York Independent Battery is located on the Taneytown Road across the street from the current Visitor’s Center. The monument notes: “Forced march 36 miles, second position.”

The regiment was raised as part of the 2nd Militia (82nd New York regiment) in June 1861.

It’s commander was Capt. William A. Harn (1834-1889), a veteran artilleryman from Philadlephia who late in life kept a lighthouse in St. Augustine, Florida.

3d New York Independent Battery

6th Corps Artillery Brigade

Capt. William A. Harn (1834-1889)

Engaged: 119 men, 6 Parrotts; no loss

Monument: Taneytown Road

Purnell Legion (Maryland Cavalry)

The Purnell Legion Maryland Cavalry, Company A came from Hartford County and was raised in the fall of 1861.  The Legion numbered under 80 men at Gettysburg.  Their commander was Capt. Robert E. Duvall (1812-1890), a farmer and state legislator from Bel Air.

The Legion’s monument is located along Gregg Avenue on the East Cavalry battlefield.  It is a bas relief of a cavalry soldier kneeling with his carbine, a “tribute” to Maryland’s “loyal sons.”

Purnell Legion (Maryland Cavalry)

Cavalry Corps, 2nd Division, 1st Brigade

Capt. Robert E. Duvall (1812-1890)

Engaged 78; no loss

Monument: Gregg Avenue East Cavalry Field

5th United States Artillery Battery D

Known as “Griffin’s” or “The West Point Battery,” 5th U.S. Battery D was commanded at Gettysburg by Lt. Charles E. Hazlett (1838-1863), a native of Zanesville, Ohio. Hazlett was a graduate of the West Point class of 1859. Hazlett was killed as the fighting closed on Little Round Top on the afternoon of July 2.

Lt. Benjamin F. Rittenhouse (1839-1915), a clerk from Washington, took command from Hazlett.

Enlisted from New York City and Suffolk County, Massachusetts, the battery was raised in January 1861 by then Lt. Charles Griffin (future commander of the Fifth Corps) at West Point. The marker is located where Hazlett fell; the 91st Pennsylvania monument a few feet away also is reputed to be that spot.

5th United States Artillery Battery D

5th Corps Artillery Brigade

Lt. Charles E. Hazlett (1838-1863)

Engaged: 6 Parrotts and 124 men; 7 killed, 6 wounded

Monument: Little Round Top

1st West Virginia Artillery Battery C

The monument to West Virginia Battery C is located in the National Cemetery. This monument is nearly identical to the monument erected to the 3d West Virginia Cavalry (though of course the inscriptions vary).

Known as the “Pierpont Battery,” this unit actually came from Washington County, Ohio, but it was formed by the governor of West Virginia in March 1862. It’s commander was Capt. Wallace Hill (1839-1895), a farmer from Marietta, Ohio. The battery consisted of almost 125 men and 4 Parrotts of the 10 pounder variety.

1st West Virginia Artillery Battery C

Artillery Reserve, 3d Volunteer Brigade

Capt. Wallace Hill (1839-1895)

Engaged: 4 Parrotts and 124 men; 2 killed, 2 wounded

Monument: National Cemetery

rain rain go away

Yesterday morning was absolutely gorgeous — high 30s, bright sunshine — so it figured that today would be gray, dreary, and very wet.

I really don’t mind running in the rain, but I don’t exactly enjoy it. Especially when it is 39 degrees and raining. The only saving grace today was that it was a kind of misty, light rain rather than a driving downpour.

Since I was going to be miserable anyway, I did my most miserable route, the middle distance one with several big hills in and out of the Valley.

I figure if you have to be miserable, might as well be miserable overall. Right?

At least my feet managed to somehow stay pretty dry.  That was a big plus.  I hate soaking wet feet and sopping squishy wet running shoes.

102nd Pennsylvania Infantry

  The 102nd Pennsylvania came from Allegheny County and was raised during the late summer of 1861 following 1st Manassas.  Only a detachment of 103 men were present at Gettysburg under the command of Lt. Robert W. Lyon (1842-1904), a blacksmith Butler.

The regiment on July 1 was detailed at Manchester to guard the trains.

The monument stands where the Regiment was posted on July 3. The monument is carved to look like a tree stump with various accouterments of the Civil War soldier draped around it.  It is located along the Weikert Farm Lane, just to the north of the Valley of Death below Little Round Top.

102nd Pennsylvania Infantry

6th Corps, 3rd Division, 3rd Brigade

Lt. Robert W. Lyon (1842-1904)

Engaged 103; no loss

Monument: Weikert Farm Lane, north of the Wheatfield Road

28th Pennsylvania Infantry

The 28th Pennsylvania has two monuments at Gettysburg. Both are very simple. The first is located on Upper Culp’s Hill along Slocum Avenue. The main feature is a large granite star. (This monment is very similar to that of the 147th Pennsylvania in Pardee Field.) The second is shaped like a soldier’s knapsack and is located near Rock Creek on the eastern side of Culp’s Hill.

Raised in Philadelphia and from the counties of Allegheny, Carbon, Luzerne, and Westmoreland in the summer of 1861 prior to First Manassas, the regiment was commanded by Capt. John H. Flynn (1819-1875), a native of Ireland who became a merchant in Philadelphia.

Company B of the regiment served a Provost Guard for the Division.

28th Pennsylvania Infantry

12th Corps, 2nd Division, 1st Brigade

Capt. John H. Flynn (1819-1875)

Engaged: 370; 3 killed, 23 wounded, 2 missing

Monument: Upper Culp’s Hill (Slocum Avenue) and near Rock Creek [Rock Creek Monument Front and Back]

125th New York Infantry

Raised from Rensselaer County in the late summer of 1862, the 125th New York contained500 men at Gettysburg under the command of Lt. Col. Levin Crandell (1826-1907), a book keeper in Troy.

The simple monument stands along Hancock Avenue near Ziegler’s Grove. The main feature is the carved “clover leaf” of the Second Corps.” It marks the approximate position of the regiment in the fighting on July 3.

125th New York Infantry

2nd Corps, 3rd Division, 3rd Brigade

Lt. Col. Levin Crandell (1826-1907)

Engaged: 500; 26 killed, 104 wounded, 9 missing

Monument: Hancock Avenue

57th New York Infantry

Located near the Loop at the edge of the Wheatfield is the simple granite shaft dedicated to the 57th New York.  The main features of the monument include a bronze New York seal and a bronze Second Corps trefoil.  A cartridge box and crossed bayonets are also done in bronze sculpture.

The 57th went by many names including the National Guard Rifles, Clinton Rifles, and (most colorfully) Zook’s Voltigeurs.  The regiment came from New York City and the counties of Dutchess and Oneida.  It was raised in November 1861.

The commander at Gettysburg was Lt. Col. Alford B. Chapman (1835-1864), a fancy goods merchant from New York City.  He was killed at the Battle of the Wilderness.

57th New York Infantry

2d Corps, 1st Division, 3rd Brigade

Lt. Col. Alford B. Chapman (1835-1864)

Engaged: 179; 4 killed, 28 wounded, 2 missing

Monument: Sickles Avenue between the Wheatfield and the Loop

North Carolina State Monument

The beautiful and striking North Carolina Monument is located on West Confederate Avenue, near A.P. Hill’s headquarters. The Tennessee state memorial is located a short distance away.

(This is the monolith containing the names of the North Carolina units present as part of the Army of Northern Virginia. It was dedicated at the same time as the rest of the monument.)

The North Carolina Monument was dedicated on July 3, 1929. It cost $50,000.00. This money was appropriated by the state to both pay for the monument and to purchase the land upon which it sits. The United Daughters of the Confederacy paid for the monolith.

The sculptor was Gutzon Borglum (1867-1941); the monument consists of standard bronze and stands nearly 16′ in height. Borglum, of course, is most famous for his work at Mount Rushmore. (He also executed the work at Stone Mountain in Georgia.)

The bronze sculpture is located approximately where Pettigrew’s brigade would have stepped off in “Pickett’s Charge.” A wounded officer urges his men on while pointing towards Cemetery Ridge. A colorbearer carries the all important symbolic flag, while a veteran whispers encouragement to a younger comrade.

Borglum modeled the faces on those of actual Confederate veterans. Orren Randolph Smith, designer of the “Stars and Bars,” served as the model for the face of the colorbearer.