84th Pennsylvania Infantry

The 84th Pennsylvania Infantry was one of the units honored by a monument at Gettysburg even though the unit did not actually fight or participate on the actual battlefield. Their monument is located on Pleasanton Avenue near the Pennsylvania monument in the area of the field set aside for units that participated in the Campaign, but not the battle.

The 84th was engaged in guarding the trains and supplies at both Westminster and at Taneytown.

The men came from the counties of Blair, Lycoming, Clearfield, Dauphin, Columbia, Cameron, and Westmoreland. Their commander was Lt. Col. Milton Opp. Opp was mortally wounded — shot through the lung — at the battle of the Wilderness the following spring.

84th Pennsylvania Infantry

3d Corps, 2d Division, 1st Brigade

Not engaged at Gettysburg

Monument: Pleasanton Avenue

Tags: Gettysburg, III Corps, Monument Project, Pennsylvania