14th United States Infantry

The 14th United States Infantry was divided into two battalions at Gettysburg. The 1st Battalion contained 8 companies — A, B, D, E, F, and G. The 2d Battalion contained two companies (F and G). It was formed at Fort Trumbull in New London, Connecticut in 1861.

The men were recruited from New York City, Providence (Rhode Island), and Onondaga and Chemung (both in New York). This was a large regiment with over 600 members at Gettysburg. They were commanded by Maj. Grotius R. Giddings (1834-1867), the son of a prominent Whig Congressman from Ohio. The regimental monument is located along Crawford Avenue in the Valley of Death.

14th United States Infantry

5th Corps, 2nd Division, 1st Brigade

Engaged: 601; 18 killed, 110 wounded, 4 missing

Monument: Crawford Avenue (between Crawford and Ayres Avenue; grass access path through growth near Devil’s Den at Crawford 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

6th United States Infantry

The 6th United States Infantry’s monument is located with the rest of the U.S. Regular Infantry monuments along Ayres Avenue near the Wheatfield.   There were five companies at Gettysburg (D, F, G, H, and I).  The regiment was enlisted from New York City and Suffolk County Massachusetts.  It was originally organized in 1815; in 1861, headquarters for the 6th were at Benicia Banks, California.

The 236 men of the 6th at Gettysburg were commanded by Capt. Levi C. Bootes (1809-1896), a Mexican War veteran who rose from the rank of private to lieutenant colonel in 1874.

6th United States Infantry

5th Corps, 2nd Division, 1st Brigade

Engaged: 236; 4 killed, 40 wounded

Monument: Ayres Avenue

16th Michigan Infantry

The monument to the 16th Michigan is located on a ledge of Little Round Top known as “Vincent’s Spur,”  below the monument to the 44th New York.

The 16th was recruited from the counties of Ionia, Ontonagon, Saginaw, and Wayne.  It numbered just over 350 at Gettysburg.  It was commanded by Lt. Col. Norval E. Welch (1835-1864).  Welch was the secretary to Senator Lewis Cass and was acting governor briefly for the Nebraska Territory.  He was killed leading the 16th at Peebles Farm.

16th Michigan Infantry

5th Corps, 1st Division, 3rd Brigade

Engaged: 356; 23 killed, 34 wounded, 3 missing

Monument: Little Round Top

4th United States Infantry

The 4th United States Infantry was represented by four companies (C, F, H, and K) at Gettysburg.  The regiment was recruited from New York City and Washington D.C. and was organized in 1815.  In 1861, it was headquartered at Fort Dalles on the Columbia River in Oregon.

The regiment was commanded at Gettysburg by Capt. Julius W. Adams, Jr. (1840-1865), an 1861 graduate of West Point.  Born in Massachusetts, he entered West Point from Lexington, Kentucky.  Adams died shortly after the end of the War.

The 4th U.S. monument is located along Ayres Avenue.

4th United States Infantry

5th Corps, 2nd Division, 1st Brigade

Engaged: 179; 10 killed, 30 wounded

Monument: Ayres Avenue

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

2nd United States Infantry

The 2nd United States Infantry was recruited at New York City, Suffolk County (Massachusetts), and from St. Louis, Missouri. Organized in 1815, the regimental headquarters in 1861 was at Fort Kearny in the Nebraska Territory. There were six companies at Gettysburg (B, C, F, H, I, and K). The first commander was Maj. Arthur T. Lee (1814-1879), who was wounded on the 2d. Command devolved upon Capt. Samuel A. McKee, Jr. (1841-1864). He was killed by guerrillas near Greenwich, Virginia on April 11, 1864. The monument is located along Ayres Avenue near the Wheatfield.

2nd United States Infantry

5th Corps, 2nd Division, 2nd Brigade

Engaged: 237; 6 killed, 55 wounded, 6 missing

Monument: Ayres Avenue

17th United States Infantry

The 17th United States Infantry’s monument is located near Ayres Avenue at Day’s Hill behind the Wheatfield.

The 17th was nicknamed the Maine Regulars. It consisted of 7 companies; the 1st Battalion contained companies A, C, D, G, and H; the second Battalion contained companies A and B. It was enlisted from the counties of Aroostook, Cumberland, and Penobscot in Maine, as well as from Erie County (New York) and Wayne County (Michigan). It was organized in Maine in 1861 at Fort Preble.

The 17th was commanded by Lt. Col. James D. Greene (1828-1902). Greene, an 1849 graduate of Harvard, invented a breech loading rifle.

17th United States Infantry

5th Corps, 2nd Division, 2nd Brigade

Engaged: 334; 25 killed, 118 wounded, 7 missing

Monument: Ayres Avenue

18th Massachusetts Infantry

Elements of more than three Federal corps fought in the cramped area of the Wheatfield.

Amongst these units were two small brigades of the 5th Corps sent early in the fight to aid De Trobiand’s brigade.

The 18th Massachusetts was raised from the counties of Bristol, Norfolk, and Plymouth. It’s commander at Gettysburg was Col. Joseph Hayes (1835-1912), a Boston real estate broker.

The regiment was engaged in the Wheatfield near where the monument to the regiment now stands.

It’s simple monument is located along Sickles Avenue in the area that is known as the Loop.

18th Massachusetts Infantry

5th Corps, 1st Division, 1st Brigade

Col. Joseph Hayes (1835-1912)

Engaged: 281; 1 killed, 23 wounded, 3 missing

Monument: The Loop

1st Michigan Infantry

The 1st Michigan was raised at Ann Arbor from the counties of Jackson, Washtenaw, and Wayne.

Like most of Michigan’s infantry monuments, this one features a bas relief on the front of the die. The monument is located on “The Loop” near the Rose Farm and the Wheatfield. It “marks the position where the regiment fought” on the afternoon of July 2.

The regiment was commanded by Col. Ira C. Abbott (1824-1908), a grain dealer from Burr Oak. Abbott was wounded on July 2 and Lt. Col. William A. Throop took command. Throop (1838-1884) was a bookseller from Detroit.

1st Michigan Infantry

5th Corps, 1st Division, 1st Brigade

261; 5 killed, 33 wounded, 4 missing

Monument: Sickles Avenue