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

Pennsylvania Artillery Battery E

Independent Pennsylvania Artillery, Battery E was known as Knap’s. It was part of the 12th Corps Artillery Brigade.

The battery was raised from Philadelphia, with a good smattering from Allegheny County. It was organized at Point of Rocks, Maryland in September 1861.

At Gettysburg, the unit was commanded by Lt. Charles A. Atwell (1840-1863), a clerk from Allegheny City.

Atwell was later mortally wounded in the fall of 1863 at the battle of Wauhatchie in Tennessee.

The battery consisted of 6 Parrott Rifles and 139 men.

The battery has tow monuments at Gettysburg. The first one pictured on this post is located at the summit of Culp’s Hill, near the observation tower. It marks the position of three of the guns on the afternoon of July 2. The battery engaged the Confederate guns on Benner’s Hill.

A second monument sits on Power’s Hill. This was the position of the battery on the evening of July 2d until the end of the battle. The Power’s Hill monument is the more unique and visually interesting of the two memorials on the Gettysburg battlefield; it is carved to look like a stone cannon.

Pennsylvania Artillery Battery E

12th Corps Artillery Brigade

Engaged: 6 Parrotts and 139 men; 3 wounded

Monument: Culp’s Hill summit and Power’s Hill

3d Pennsylvania Heavy Artillery

The 3d Pennsylvania Heavy Artillery, Battery H were members of the 2nd Division of the Cavalry corps. This battery was raised in Lebanon County in September 1862. Also known as the 152nd Volunteers, this battery was stationed in Baltimore for the duration of it’s service, with the notable exception of the Gettysburg Campaign.

The battery was under the command of Capt. William D. Rank (1838-1872), a Philadelphia clerk. It consisted of 2 Ordnance Rifles and 52 men. The battery’s monument is located on the Hanover Road, not far from the East Cavalry field. The monument’s main feature is a bronze relief on the front of the memorial. A marker is also located on Hancock Avenue.

3d Pennsylvania Heavy Artillery (Battery H)

Horse Artillery, Cavalry Corps

52 men and 2 Ordnance Rifles; 1 missing

Monument: Hanover 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