150th Pennsylvania Infantry

The 150th Pennsylvania’s monument is located along Stone Avenue near the McPherson barn on western McPherson’s Ridge. The monument features a large bas relief on the front of the die.

This was the “Third Bucktails” of Stone’s brigade. It was raised at Harrisburg from men from Philadelphia and the counties of Crawford, McKean, and Union. The regiment had nine companies at Gettysburg; Company D was detailed as guard to President Lincoln.

The nearly 400 men of this regiment were hotly engaged on July 1. This monument marks their most advanced line. The regiment went through several commanders. The first was Col. Langhorne Wister (1834-1891). Wister was promoted to command of the brigade after Stone fell wounded and Lt. Col. Henry S. Huidekoper (1839-1918) took command. Huidekoper, fresh from Harvard University (he was an 1862 graduate) later received a Medal of Honor for Gettysburg; his right arm was lost on July 1. Command then fell to Capt. George W. Jones (1833-1913), a carpenter from Philadelphia.

This regiment has a secondary monument on Hancock Avenue.

150th Pennsylvania Infantry

1st Corps, 3d Division, 2d Brigade

397; 35 killed, 152 wounded, 77 missing

Monument: Stone Avenue

Tags: Gettysburg, I Corps, McPherson Ridge, Monument Project, Pennsylvania