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Location: Geary Avenue, Pardee Field.

Order of Battle: 12th Corps, 2nd Division, 1st Brigade

Number Engaged: 298; 5 killed, 15 wounded

Commander: Lt. Col. Ario Pardee, Jr. (1839-1901)

Raised: Philadelphia, and the counties of Allegheny, Dauphin, Huntingdon, and Luzerne.

Monument Specifications: Star-shaped monument, insignia of the 12th Corps, is set atop a natural boulder. A relief of the State Coat of Arms is affixed to the front of the boulder.

Dedication Date: October 13, 1885.

Main Inscription: 147TH/REGIMENT INFANTRY/PENNA. VETERAN VOLS./NIGHT OF JULY 1,/1863 (Incised on rear:) 147TH/PENNSYLVANIA INFANTRY/1ST BRIGADE 2ND DIVISION/12TH ARMY CORPS

Other Monuments and Memorials: There are three monuments to the 147th Pennsylvania other than the main regimental monument. Star-Shaped Marker, Sykes Avenue, north slope of Little Round Top. Sometimes called “the Star Monument.” This monument is a smaller version of the main regiment monument in the shape of the XII Corps Star with inscription incised on its faces. The monument marks the position held by the 147th Pennsylvania regiment on the evening of July 1, 1863, until they moved to Culp’s Hill on the morning of July 2nd. Dedicated October 13, 1885. There are also two additional markers. Number One: Small stone Marker, near the Star Monument, on Sykes Avenue, Little Round Top. Number Two: Marker, Geary Avenue, Pardee Field, south of monument. Denotes location of Company C during the July 3, 1863 portion of the battle.

Supplemental Materials: After Action Report of Lieut. Col. Ario Pardee (will open a pop up window).

Regimental History ~ Dyer’s Compendium of the War of the Rebellion:

Organized at Loudoun Heights, Va., October 10, 1862, from surplus men of the 28th Regiment, Pennsylvania Infantry, as Companies “A,” “B,” “C,” “D” and “E.” Companies “F,” “G” and “H” organized at Harrisburg, Pa., September 29 to November 20. Company “I” organized at Philadelphia October 10, 1862, and Company “K” organized at Philadelphia February, 1864. Attached to 1st Brigade, 2nd Division, 12th Army Corps, Army of the Potomac, to October, 1863, and Army of the Cumberland to April, 1864. 1st Brigade, 2nd Division, 20th Army Corps, Army of the Cumberland, to July, 1865.

SERVICE.–Duty at Bolivar Heights, Va., until December, 1862. Reconnaissance to Rippon, W. Va., November 9, and to Winchester, Va., December 2-6. Moved to Fredericksburg December 10-14. At Stafford Court House until April 27, 1863. Burnside’s 2nd Campaign, “Mud March,” January 20-24. Chancellorsville Campaign April 27-May 6. Battle of Chancellorsville May 1-5. Gettysburg (Pa.) Campaign June 11-July 24. Battle of Gettysburg July 1-3. Pursuit of Lee July 524. Movement to Bridgeport, Ala., September 24-October 3. Reopening Tennessee River October 26-29. Wauhatchie, Tenn., October 28-29. Chattanooga Ringgold Campaign November 23-27. Battles of Lookout Mountain November 23-24; Mission Ridge November 25; Ringgold Gap, Taylor’s Ridge, November 27. Guard duty on Nashville & Chattanooga Railroad until April, 1864. Expedition down the Tennessee River to Triana, Ala., April 12-16. Atlanta (Ga.) Campaign May 1-September 8. Demonstration on Rocky Faced Ridge May 8-11. Dug Gap or Mill Creek May 8. Battle of Resaca May 14-15. Near Cassville May 19. New Hope Church May 25. Operations on line of Pumpkin Vine Creek and battles about Dallas, New Hope Church and Allatoona Hills May 26-June 5. Operations about Marietta and against Kenesaw Mountain June 10-July 2. Pine Hill June 11-14. Lost Mountain June 15-17. Gilgal or Golgotha Church June 15. Muddy Creek June 17. Noyes Creek June 19. Kolb’s Farm June 22. Assault on Kenesaw June 27. Ruff’s Station, Smyrna Camp Ground, July 4. Chattahoochie River July 6-17. Peach Tree Creek July 19-20. Siege of Atlanta July 22-August 25. Operations at Chattahoochie River Bridge August 26-September 2. Occupation of Atlanta September 2-November 15. Near Atlanta November 9. March to the sea November 15-December 10. Siege of Savannah December 10-21. Campaign of the Carolinas January to April, 1865. North Edisto River, S.C., February 12-13. Red Bank and Congaree Creek February 15 Averysboro, N. C., March 16. Battle of Bentonville March 19-21. Occupation of Goldsboro March 24. Advance on Raleigh, N. C., April 9-13. Occupation of Raleigh April 14. Bennett’s House April 26. Surrender of Johnston and his army. March to Washington, D.C., via Richmond, Va., April 29-May 20. Grand Review May 24. Duty in the Dept. of Washington until July. Companies “F” and “G” mustered out June 6, 1865. Regiment mustered out July 15, 1865. Regiment lost during service 7 Officers and 71 Enlisted men killed and mortally wounded and 3 Officers and 61 Enlisted men by disease. Total 142.