141st Pennsylvania Infantry

The 141st Pennsylvania Infantry was recruited from the counties of Bradford, Susquehanna, and Wayne. It mustered in at Harrisburg in August 1862.

Their commander at Gettysburg was Col. Henry J. Madill (1829-1899), a native of Hunterstown and a lawyer in Towanda.

The regiment numbered 283 men at Gettysburg and suffered fearful casualties on the afternoon of July 2 in defense of the Peach Orchard.

The regimental monument is located at the Peach Orchard along the Wheatfield Road. This was the unit’s position from 4 until 6 PM on July 2.

141st Pennsylvania Infantry

3d Corps, 1st Division, 1st Brigade

Engaged: 283; 25 killed, 103 wounded, 21 missing

Monument: the Peach Orchard

1st New Jersey Artillery Battery B

1st New Jersey Artillery Battery B was part of the Third Corps Artillery Brigade at Gettysburg.  The battery consisted of 6 Parrotts and 143 men under the command of Capt. Adoniram J. Clark (1838-1913), a medical student.  The Battery was engaged on July 2 and 3d; the battery’s monument is located along Sickles Avenue on the edge of Excelsior Field where the unit fought on July 2.  A tablet on Hancock Avenue marks the July 3 position.  The battery suffered 20 casualties during the battle.

Battery B was recruited from Essex County.  It mustered in at Trenton on September 3, 1861.

1st New Jersey Artillery Battery B

3d Corps Artillery Brigade

Engaged:  6 Parrotts and 143 men; 1 killed, 16 wounded, 3 missing

Monument: Sickles Avenue

1st United States Sharpshooters (A, B, D, and H)

The monument to the 1st United States Sharpshooters (Companies A, B, D, and H) is located on Berdan Avenue, a small cul-de-sac located in Pitzer’s Woods off of West Confederate Avenue (the road the runs the length of Seminary Ridge).  The monument to Company F (Vermont) of the 1st U.S.S. is also located nearby as is a stone to the 3rd Maine Infantry.

On the afternoon of July 2, Third Corps commander Dan Sickles ordered the Sharpshooters and the 3rd Maine Infantry to scout these woods.  A brief fight occurred here between this Union detachment and Confederates from General Cadmus Wilcox’s command.

Companies A, B, D, and H of the 1st U.S.S. were recruited from the state of New York.  This is their main monument at Gettysburg.

1st United States Sharpshooters - Companies A, B, D, and H (New York)
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: A, B, D, and H Companies located along Berdan Avenue, Pitzer’s Woods

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

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

114th Pennsylvania Infantry

The 114th Pennsylvania monument is located near the Peach Orchard in the Sherfy farm yard off of the Emmitsburg Road. This was one of the monuments damaged by vandals in February 2006; fortunately, the damage was easily repaired.

The regiment was known as Collis Zouaves; the monument features an excellent bronze statue of a Zouave soldier loading his rifle. A secondary monument is located on Hancock Avenue marking the unit’s July 3d position.

Raised from Philadelphia in September 1862, the 114th was commanded by Lt. Col. Frederick Cavada (1832-1871). Cavada, a native of Cuba, was captured on July 2. He later served as Chief of General Staff of the Cuban forces against Spain; captured by the Spanish, he was executed on July 1, 1871.

After Cavada was captured, Capt. Edward R. Bowen (1839-1906), a clerk from Philadelphia, took command of the regiment.

114th Pennsylvania Infantry

3d Corps, 1st Division, 1st Brigade

312; 9 killed, 86 wounded, 60 missing

Monument: Emmitsburg Road at the Sherfy house. Secondary monument on Hancock Avenue

4th New York Light Artillery

The monument to the 4th New York Independent Artillery (Smith’s Battery) was damaged on the night of February 16, 2006. Vandals pulled the statue of an artilleryman down from the pedestal pictured here. The bronze artilleryman was then dragged the monument 162 feet, badly gouging it. The head and the rammer portions of the memorial were cut off and removed.

To repair this monument, the Park Service will likely use casts from an identical artilleryman created by the sculptor, Casper Buberl, that stands in Manchester, New Hampshire. The stolen pieces have never turned up so the monument cannot be fully restored without the casts.
(I believe that the Park Service is looking for the fiends who defaced the Park back in the winter of 2006, so if you have information, please contact them.)

Image of the damage at Devil’s Den from the National Park Service website.

The 4th New York Independent’s defaced monument stands along Sickles Avenue at Devil’s Den. The unit was made up of 6 Parrotts and 135 men.

Their commander was Capt. James E. Smith (1832-1893), a livestock commission merchant in New York City.

The battery was recruited from New York City, originally as part of Serrell’s 1st New York Engineers, in the fall of 1861.

4th New York Light Artillery

3d Corps Artillery Brigade

Engaged: 6 Parrotts, 135 men; 2 killed, 10 wounded, 1 missing

Monument: Devil’s Den

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

8th New Jersey Infantry

The 8th New Jersey Infantry was recruited from the counties of Essex, Hunterdon, and Hudson. It was mustered into Federal service on September 14, 1861.

A small regiment (even by Gettysburg standards), the approximately 150 men of the 8th New Jersey were commanded by Col. John Ramsey (1838-1901) a cigar maker. When Ramsey fell wounded, Capt. John G. Langston (1838-1903) took command.

The 8th’s simple regimental monument is located on De Trobriand Avenue in the Wheatfield. This marks the regiment’s position on July 2. On July 3, the unit was in support of batteries on Cemetery Ridge.

8th New Jersey Infantry

3d Corps, 2d Division, 3d Brigade

Col. John Ramsey (1838-1901)

Engaged: 148; 7 killed, 38 wounded, 2 missing

Monument: De Trobriand Avenue

2nd New Hampshire Infantry

The pyramid shaped monument to the 2nd New Hampshire is located at the Peach Orchard. New Hampshire’s monuments on the battlefield are generally simple and relatively unadorned. Although it’s monuments may be simple, the “Granite State” fought well at Gettysburg and suffered significant casualties amongst its various units.

The 2nd was raised from the counties of Cheshire, Hillsborough, Merrimack, Rockingham, and Strafford in June 1861. It’s commander at Gettysburg was Col. Edward L. Bailey (1841-1930), one of the longest lived officers to serve at Gettysburg. The monument is located where the regiment defended the Peach Orchard salient on the afternoon of July 2, 1863.

The monument was sculpted by Thomas Nahn. This memorial was dedicated on July 2, 1886. The monument is designed thusly: “Granite cone-shaped monument with reliefs of muskets at edges with muzzles pointing toward the apex, and diamond shapes below rifle butt. The monument is set upon a three-tiered base, the top polished level has text inscriptions.”
2nd New Hampshire Infantry

3rd Corps, 2nd Division, 3rd Brigade

Col. Edward L. Bailey (1841-1930)

Engaged: 354; 20 killed, 137 wounded, 36 missing

Monument: Peach Orchard