1st New York Artillery Battery D

The 1st New York Artillery Battery D was commanded by Capt. George B. Winslow (1832-1883). He was engaged in the hardware business in Gouverneur prior to the War. The battery was recruited from the counties of Jefferson and St. Lawrence in September 1861. It consisted of 6 Napoleans and 116 men.

The simple monument to Battery D is located in the center of the Wheatfield.

This was the position the battery held on July 2, 1863.

1st New York Artillery Battery D (Winslow’s)

3rd Corps Artillery Brigade

Engaged: 116 men and 6 Napoleans; 10 wounded, 8 missing

Monument: The Wheatfield

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

Company D, 2nd United States Sharpshooters

Company D of the 2nd U.S. Sharpshooters was raised from the state of Maine. It was mustered in November 2, 1861.

The monument is one of the most simple at Gettysburg. A faded granite block located along the Slyder Farm lane near the Bushman House marks the contribution of the Maine Sharpshooters at Gettysburg. The monument is simple and out-of-the way and thus missed by almost all visitors to Gettysburg.

(But not all. Many of the obscure monuments at Gettysburg feature flags showing someone else has recently visited them.)

2nd United States Sharpshooters - D (Maine)

3rd Corps, 1st Division, 2nd Brigade

Maj. Homer R. Stoughton (1836-1902)

Engaged: 200; 5 killed, 23 wounded, 15 missing

Monument: Bushman House

63rd Pennsylvania Infantry

The 63d Pennsylvania came from the counties of Allegheny and Clarion. The commander at Gettysburg was Maj. John A. Danks (1826-1896), an iron worker in Etna.

The relatively simple regimental monument is located along the Emmitsburg Road at the intersection with the Millerstown Road near the Peach Orchard.

The monument’s main features include a red granite diamond (the regiment was in the “Red Diamond” Division of the 3d Corps, formerly Kearny’s) as the capstone. The monument has an interesting column shape. It stands where the unit was placed and did most of it’s fighting on the afternoon of July 2, 1863.

63rd Pennsylvania Infantry

3d Corps, 1st Divison, 1st Brigade

Maj. John A. Danks (1826-1896)

Engaged: 296; 1 killed, 29 wounded, 4 missing

Monument: Emmitsburg Road

6th New Jersey Infantry

The 6th New Jersey monument is located in the Valley of Death near Devil’s Den along Crawford Avenue.

It is a simple white oblesik shape with an engraving of muskets on the front. It marks the regiment’s position on the afternoon of July 2d.

The 6th was raised from the counties of Burlington, Camden, Hudson, Hunterdon, and Mercer. It was commanded by Lt. Col. Stephen R. Gilkyson (1833-1892), a lumber merchant from Hightstown.

6th New Jersey Infantry

3rd Corps, 2nd Division, 3rd Brigade

Lt. Col. Stephen R. Gilkyson (1833-1892)

Engaged: 246; 1 killed, 32 wounded, 8 missing

Monument: Crawford Avenue

4th Maine Infantry

The 4th Maine monument is located among the rocks of Devil’s Den.  It is a small, simple oblesik shape that contains red granite diamonds — symbolic of the 1st Division, 3rd Corps.  The monument was designed by the regiment’s colonel.

The 4th came from the counties of Knox, Lincoln, and Waldo.  It was commanded by Col. Elijah Walker (1818-1905), a lumber merchant from Rockland.  He was wounded on July 2 and Capt. Edwin Libby (1832-1864) took command.  Libby, a sea captain from Rockland, was killed at the Wilderness.

4th Maine Infantry

3d Corps, 1st Division, 2nd Brigade

Col. Elijah Walker (1818-1905)

Engaged: 332; 11 killed, 59 wounded, 74 missing

Monument: Crawford Avenue at Devil’s Den

73rd New York Infantry

The 73rd New York was part of the Excelsior Brigade; this is the only unit in that Brigade with it’s own regimental monument on the field.  Known as the “2nd Fire Zouaves” this regiment was recruited in part from the New York City fire department.  The monument features 7 foot tall bronze stautes of a fireman and an infantryman — representive of the dual role held by many members of the regiment.  It was sculpted by Joseph Moretti and was dedicated on September 6, 1897.  It cost $5,000.00.

The regiment came from mainly New York City and Kings county.  It was commanded by Maj. Michael W. Burns (1834-1883), an Irish born fireman who had the distinct misfortune to be brought up three times on misconduct charges.

73rd New York Infantry

3d Corps, 2nd Division, 2d Brigade

Maj. Michael William Burns (1834-1883)

Engaged: 507; 51 killed, 103 wounded, 8 missing

Monument: Excelsior Field, Sickles Avenue

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

120th New York Infantry

The 120th New York was the junior member of the old Excelsior Brigade. Their monument is a tall stone column shaped a bit like a castle turret. The capstone is a Third Corps diamond; the monument also features bronze plaques and a bronze state seal. It is located along Sickles Avenue and marks the regiment’s position on July 2. The 120th New York column is the tallest monument in the immediate area.

Known as the “Washington Guards,” the regiment came from Ulster and Greene counties in the summer of 1862. Their commander was Lt. Col. Cornelius D. Westbrook (1823-1905), a civil engineer from Kingston. When Westbrook fell wounded on July 2, Maj. John R. Tappen, a merchant from Kingston, took command of the unit.

120th New York Infantry

3d Corps, 2nd Division, 2nd Brigade

Lt. Col. Cornelius D. Westbrook (1823-1905)

Engaged: 427; 32 killed, 154 wounded, 17 missing

Monument: Sickles Avenue

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