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

95th Pennsylvania Infantry

The 95th Pennsylvania Infantry was nicknamed the Gosline Zouaves, the 45th Volunteers, and the 54th Volunteers. It was raised from Philadelphia and mustered in at Hestonville during the autumn of 1861.

The regiment was commanded at Gettysburg by Lt. Col. Edward Carroll (1825-1864).  Carroll was a Philadelphia carpenter killed leading the 95th on May 5, 1864 at the Wilderness.

The regiment numbered 356 and suffered 2 casualties at Gettysburg.  Their monument is located along the Wheatfield Road in the Valley of Death.  It marks the regiment’s location on July 2 until the end of the battle.

95th Pennsylvania Infantry

6th Corps, 1st Division, 2nd Brigade

Engaged: 356; 1 killed, 1 wounded

Monument: Wheatfield Road

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

5th Pennsylvania Reserves

The 5th Pennsylvania Reserves were also known as the 34th Regiment. It was raised from the counties of Bradford, Centre, Clearfield, Huntingdon, Lancaster, Lycoming, and Union and mustered in at Harrisburg on June 20, 1861. The regiment numbered 334 at Gettysburg and suffered 2 casualties.

Their commander was Lt. Col. George Dare (1836-1864), a storekeeper from Huntingdon. He was killed leading the regiment at the battle of the Wilderness on May 6, 1864.

The 5th Reserve’s monument is located at the summit of Big Round Top. This was the position held by the regiment from the evening of July 2 until the end of the battle.

5th Pennsylvania Reserves

5th Corps, 3d Division, 3d Brigade

Engaged: 334; 2 wounded

Monument: Big Round Top

2nd Pennsylvania Cavalry

The 2nd Pennsylvania Cavalry was also known as the 59th Volunteers. This regiment was attached to the Army of the Potomac’s headquarters and acted as part of the Provost Guard. The 2nd was recruited from Philadelphia and the counties of Armstrong, Centre, Crawford, Lancaster, Northamption, and Tioga. It mustered in at Philadelphia during the winter of 1861-1862.

The 2nd was commanded by Col. Richard B. Price (1807-1876); the regiment was575 strong at Gettysburg. They suffered no casualties.

Their monument is located near the Leister Farm at Meade’s headquarters. The regiment held this position as part of the provost guard until the end of the day on July 3 when it was engaged with the task of taking 3,000 Rebel prisoners to Westminster.

62nd Pennsylvania Infantry

The 62d Pennsylvania Infantry was also known as the 33rd Pennsylvania Independent Regiment.

It was recruited from the counties of Allegheny, Armstrong, Blair, Clarion, and Jefferson and mustered in at Pittsburgh on July 4, 1861.

Members of the Fifth Corps, they fought in the Wheatfield on July 2. Their monument is relatively simple and located in the Wheatfield along De Trobriand Avenue.  It was dedicated on September 11, 1889. The monument consists of a tiered base.  A relief depicts crossed swords, a hat, and the Bible.

At Gettysburg, the 62nd was commanded by Lt. Col. James C. Hull (1828-1864). Hull was a carpenter in Allegheny county. He was mortally wounded on May 12, 1864 at Spotsylvania and died 10 days later.

62nd Pennsylvania Infantry

5th Corps, 1st Division, 2nd Brigade

426; 28 killed, 107 wounded, 40 missing

Monument: De Trobriand Avenue

109th Pennsylvania Infantry

The monument to the 109th Pennsylvania Infantry is located on Culp’s Hill near the saddle between the upper and lower hills along Slocum Avenue. This monument marks the position held by the regiment on July 2; the works in front of the monument (much eroded, but still visible) were recaptured from the Confederates on July 3.

Nicknamed the Curtin Light Guards, the regiment was recruited from Philadelphia and mustered in during the spring of 1862.

This was a very small regiment numbering just a tick under 150 members at Gettysburg.

They were commanded by Capt. Frederick L. Ginter (1836-1910), a Philadelphia clerk.

109th Pennsylvania Infantry

12th Corps, 2nd Division, 2nd Brigade

Engaged: 149; 3 killed, 6 wounded, 1 missing

Monument: Slocum Avenue

73rd Pennsylvania Infantry

The 73rd Pennsylvania Infantry was known by two nicknames: the Pennsylvania Legion and the 45th Volunteers. It was raised in Philadelphia in September 1861.

It’s commander at Gettysburg was Capt. Daniel F. Kelly (b.1837). Kelly was a watchmaker in Philadelphia.

The regiment’s monument is located on East Cemetery Hill near the large equestrian monument to General Howard. It stands where the regiment was engaged on July 2.

The monument’s feature is a bronze relief plaque. It depicts the 73rd’s charge into the fight on Cemetery Hill, aiding in driving the Rebels back from the batteries posted on the crest of the Hill. Amongst the chaos of the battle, one can pick out the famous Cemetery gatehouse in the distance. A cresent moon — symbol of the 11th Corps — as the capstone completes the monument.

The monument is made of Quincy granite. It was dedicated on September 12, 1889 and cost $2,183.00. The sculptor was Alexander M. Calder.

73rd Pennsylvania Infantry

11th Corps, 2nd Division, 1st Brigade

Capt. Daniel F. Kelly (b.1837)

Engaged: 332; 7 killed, 27 wounded

Monument: East Cemetery Hill

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