3rd United States Artillery, Batteries F&K

The 3rd United States Artillery, Batteries F&K (consolidated) were part of the artillery reserve of the Army of the Potomac.  Battery F was known as “Beckwith’s” while Battery K was known as “Livingston’s.”  The men were recruited from New York City.  Battery F was organized in 1821, Battery K in 1838.  Both batteries were at Fort Monroe in Virginia when the War began.  The consolidated unit was commanded by Lt. John G. Turnbull (1843-1898).  It consisted of 6 Napoleons and 145 men and suffered severe casualties during the battle.  Batteries F & K did their main fighting on the Emmitsburg Road line of the Third Corps on July 2.

Their are monuments on the Emmitsburg Road and near Meade’s headquarters to this unit (pictured is the monument on the Emmitsburg Road).

3rd United States Artillery, Batteries F&K

Artillery Reserve, 1st Regular Brigade

Engaged:  6 Napoleons and 145 men; 9 killed, 14 wounded, 1 missing

Monument: Emmitsburg Road and Meade’s HQ

57th Pennsylvania Infantry

The 57th Pennsylvania Infantry’s monument is located in the Sherfy Farmyard off of the Emmitsburg Road. This was the unit’s position on July 2, 1863. The monument features a draped flag, the Pennsylvania state seal in bronze, and a diamond as it was a member of the Third Corps.

The regiment was recruited from the counties of Bradford, Crawford, Mercer, and Tioga; it mustered in to Federal service at Harrisburg on December 14, 1861. The 57th had only 8 companies at Gettysburg because companies D and G were disbanded in September 1862.

It was commanded by Col. Peter Sides (1820-1878), a Philadelphia merchant. When Sides fell wounded, Capt. Alanson H. Nelson (1828-1921), a lumber merchant from Titusville, took command of the approximately 200 members of the 57th.

57th Pennsylvania Infantry

3d Corps, 1st Division, 1st Brigade

Engaged: 207; 11 killed, 46 wounded, 58 missing

Monument: Emmitsburg Road

15th Massachusetts Infantry

The 15th Massachusetts Infantry was recruited from Worchester County in the summer of 1861. Their commander at Gettysburg was Col. George H. Ward (1826-1864), a farmer and militia officer from Worchester. Ward was wounded in the left leg on July 2; the leg was amputated and he died the following day. Command then devolved upon Lt. Col. George C. Joslin (1839-1916).

The main regimental monument is located along Hancock Avenue. It marks the position on July 3. A secondary monument featuring a relief of Col. Ward is located off the Emmitsburg Road near the Codori Farm. It marks the position he fell mortally wounded on July 2.

15th Massachusetts Infantry

2d Corps, 2d Division, 1st Brigade

304; 23 killed, 97 wounded, 28 missing

Monument: Hancock Avenue. Marker in field near Emmitsburg Road.

1st Massachusetts Infantry

The 1st Massachusetts Infantry monument is located along the Emmitsburg Road. The monument features a large diamond with an excellent bas relief carving of an infantryman going into battle along the Emmitsburg Road line. This position was held by the regiment from 11:00 AM until 6:30 PM on July 2; a marker denotes the skirmish line 800 yards in front of the monument. The regiment suffered significant casualties here.

This regiment was recruited in May 1861 from the counties of Norfolk and Suffolk. It’s commander was Lt. Col. Clark B. Baldwin (1819-1890), a merchant from Boston.

1st Massachusetts Infantry

3d Corps, 2nd Division, 1st Brigade

Lt. Col. Clark B. Baldwin (1819-1890)

Engaged: 384; 16 killed, 83 wounded, 21 missing

Monument: Emmitsburg Road

5th New Jersey Infantry

The 5th New Jersey Infantry was raised from the counties of Burlington, Essex, Hudson, Passaic, Monmouth, and Salem in August 1861.

Although a small regiment, it was hotly engaged in an attempt to hold the Emmitsburg Road on July 2. It went through several commanders. The first was Col. William J. Sewell (1835-1901), a native of Ireland. Sewell would be awarded the Medal of Honor for valor at Chancellorsville prior to Gettysburg; he later became a U.S. senator. When Sewell was wounded, Capt. Thomas C. Godfrey (1835-1867) took command temporarily. The final commander was Capt. Henry H. Woolsey (1832-1864), who was returning to command on July 3 following a slight wound on July 2 was a lawyer from Trenton. Woolsey was mortally wounded in one of the first assaults on Petersburg and died the next day. His final words were “I die in a glorious cause.”

The regimental monument is located on the Emmitsburg Road. It marks the main line of battle.

5th New Jersey Infantry

3rd Corps, 2nd Division, 3rd Brigade

Col. William J. Sewell (1835-1901)

Engaged: 221; 13 killed, 65 wounded, 16 missing

Monument: Emmitsburg Road

16th Massachusetts Infantry

The 16th Massachusetts monument is one of the most simple at Gettysburg. The only notable feature of the monument is the diamonds that make up the monument’s capstone. This regiment suffered severe casualties, however.

Raised from Middlesex county in the summer of 1861, the regiment was commanded by Lt. Col. Waldo Merriam (1839-1864). Merriam was wounded on July 2. (He was later killed at Spotsylvania.) Capt. Matthew Donovan (1830-1876), a painter from Lowell, took command from Merriam.

The monument is located where the regiment fought on July 2 along the Emmitsburg Road.

16th Massachusetts Infantry

3d Corps, 2nd Division, 1st Brigade

Lt. Col. Waldo Merriam (1839-1864)

Engaged: 307; 15 killed, 53 wounded, 13 missing

Monument: Emmitsburg Road

Company G, 1st United States Sharpshooters

Company G of the 1st U.S. Sharpshooters came from the state of Wisconsin. The monument is located along the Emmitsburg Road on the Third Corps line held on July 2, 1863. Featuring an excellent relief carving of a granite soldier crouching behind a rock, the monument boasts the unique red colored granite at the base that is found on all of Wisconsin’s monuments at Gettysburg.

Other companies in this unit are featured individually.

1st United States Sharpshooters - Company G (Wisconsin)

Members of the 3rd Corps, 1st Division, 2nd Brigade

Commanded by Col. Hiram Berdan (1824-1893)

Engaged: 371; 6 killed, 37 wounded, 6 missing

Monument: G Company located along Emmitsburg Road

General Andrew A. Humpherys

Located at the intersection of Sickles Avenue and the Emmitsburg Road is the monument to Brig. Gen. Andrew Atkinson Humphreys, commander of the 2nd Division of Sickles’ III Corps (Berry’s old division). Humphreys (1810-1883) was a career officer and graduate of West Point (1831). A native of Philadelphia, Humphreys’ division held the Emmitsburg Road line on the July 2 where it was virtually destroyed. This was not any fault of Humphreys, however. His varied Civil War assignments after Gettysburg include serving as Meade’s chief of staff and he finished the War in command of the storied Second Corps of the Army of the Potomac. Humphreys was known to his men as “Old Goggle Eyes” because of his eyeglasses; although an older general at Gettysburg, he was trim and fit. He was known widely as a very strict discplinarian who was personally very brave.

Humphreys monument was erected along the Emmitsburg Road around 1915 along with the stautes of fellow Pennsylvania division commanders John Geary and Alexander Hays.

4th United States Artillery Battery K

The monument to Battery K of the 4th U.S. Artillery is located along the Emmitsburg Road. This battery was known as De Russy’s. It was enlisted at New York City and Suffolk County, Massachusetts in 1838. When Fort Sumter was fired upon, this battery was stationed at Fort Ridgely in Minnesota.

60 volunteers from the 120th New York were attached at Gettysburg.

The battery was commanded by Lt. Francis W. Seeley (1837-1910). When Seeley was wounded on July 2d, Lt. Robert James (b. 1836) took command. The battery consisted of 6 Napoleans and 134 men.

4th United States Artillery Battery K

3d Corps Artillery Brigade

6 Napoleons and 134 men

Emmitsburg Road

26th Pennsylvania Infantry

The 26th Pennsylvania was raised in Philadelphia in May 1861. The commander at Gettysburg was Maj. Robert L. Bodine (1832-1874), a book keeper in Philadelphia.

The rather simple stone monument stands where the regiment fought on the Third Corps Emmitsburg Road line on July 2. Here, the unit suffered fearful casualties of over 200 of their number.

The monument is made of granite and features the diamond badge of the Third Corps. A bronze Pennsylvania state plaque and a carved soldier’s haversack are featured on the front of the monument.

26th Pennsylvania Infantry

3rd Corps, 2nd Division, 1st Brigade

Commanded by Maj. Robert L. Bodine (1832-1874)

Engaged 365; 30 killed, 176 wounded, 7 missing

Monument: Emmitsburg Road, near the Codori buildings