91st Pennsylvania Infantry

The 91st Pennsylvania Infantry is represented by two monuments within feet of each other on Little Round Top.

The second of these monuments is the larger and more impressive, rising like a castle turret in a prominent location passed by nearly every visitor at Gettysburg.

The first monument, far simpler, is located among the guns of Hazlett’s battery (said to stand on the spot he and General Weed both fell) was the second monument placed on the battlefield to a regiment, dedicated a year after the 2nd Massachusetts monument on Culp’s Hill.

The regiment was raised from Philadelphia in December 1861.

The commander at Gettysburg was Lt. Col. Joseph H. Sinex (1819-1892), a Philadelphia carpenter.

The first monument, marking the location where Weed and Hazlett fell, used to have a cannon ball placed at the top. At some point this was removed from the monument as it has not been there for some time now.

A very faded carving noting this is the location where Weed and Hazlett fell can be found on the boulder beneath the monument.

91st Pennsylvania Infantry

5th Corps, 2nd Division, 3rd Brigade

Lt. Col. Joseph H. Sinex (1819-1892)

Engaged: 258; 3 killed, 16 wounded

Monument: Little Round Top

Tags: Gettysburg, Little Round Top, Monument Project, Pennsylvania, V Corps