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

5th Massachusetts Artillery (Battery E)

5th Massachusetts Artillery (Battery E) was part of the Artillery Reserve. Their simple monument is located along the Wheatfield Road and marks the July 2, 1863 position of the unit. It consisted of 104 men and 6 Ordnance Rifles under the command of Capt. Charles A. Phillips (1841-1876), a Harvard educated attorney.

The unit was recruited from the counties of Bristol and Suffolk and was mustered in at Lynnfield on December 3, 1861. There is an additional marker to this unit located along Hancock Avenue.

5th Massachusetts Artillery (Battery E)

Artillery Reserve, 1st Volunteer Brigade

Engaged: 104 men and 6 Ordnance Rifles; 2 killed, 14 wounded

Monument: Wheatfield Road

93rd Pennsylvania Infantry

The 93rd Pennsylvania Infantry has two monuments at Gettysburg; this one of red granite with a distinctive blue tile cross is located along Sedgwick Avenue in front of the large equestrian to General Sedgwick. A second, larger monument is located nearby, just to the north of the Wheatfield Road. This monument marks where the unit was formed up by Sedgwick in line of battle; the second monument is located where the unit advanced against the enemy.

It suffered 10 wounded during the battle of 270 engaged.

Raised from the counties of Berks, Lebanon, and Mountor in October 1861, the regiment was commanded at Gettysburg by Maj. John I. Nevin (1837-1884), a teacher in Sewickley prior to the War.

93rd Pennsylvania Infantry

6th Corps, 3d Division, 3d Brigade

270; 10 wounded

Monument: Sedgwick Avenue and nearby just north of the Wheatfield Road in the Valley of Death

96th Pennsylvania Infantry

The monument to the 96th Pennsylvania Infantry is located on the Wheatfield Road in the Valley of Death. It was dedicated on June 21, 1888 and cost $1,500.00 (the standard Pennsylvania state appropriation). It was sculpted by Zeller. It depicts an infantryman lying behind a stonewall. The infantryman’s thumb is placed on the hammer of the gun, prepared to open fire on the enemy. The monument marks the regiment’s position on July 2 until the end of the battle.

The 96th was recruited from Schuykill County in September 1861. It’s commander at Gettysburg was Maj. William H. Lessig (1831-1910), an engineer from Pottsville.

96th Pennsylvania Infantry

6th Corps, 1st Division, 2nd Brigade

Maj. William H. Lessig (1831-1910)

Engaged: 356; 1 wounded

Monument: Wheatfield Road

62nd New York Infantry

The 62nd New York Infantry came from New York City.  It was also known as Anderson’s Zouaves.  It was raised in June 1861.

The commander was Col. David J. Nevin (1828-1880), a coal merchant.  When Nevins took command of the brigade, Lt. Col. Theodore B. Hamilton (1836-1893), a law student, took command of the 62nd.

The monument to the 62nd is located along the Weikert Farm lane, just north of the Wheatfield Road in the Valley of Death.

This was a rather small regiment and it’s monument appears to be rather plain and ordinary.

The back, however, contains an excellent bronze bas relief.

It represents the regiment advancing towards the enemy to recapture two Union cannons.

The monument also denotes that this was the unit’s position at 7:15 on July 2.

62nd New York Infantry

6th Corps, 3rd Division, 3rd Brigade

Col. David J. Nevin (1828-1880)

Engaged: 237; 1 killed, 11 wounded

Monument: North of Wheatfield Road, current day J. Weikert Farm

102nd Pennsylvania Infantry

  The 102nd Pennsylvania came from Allegheny County and was raised during the late summer of 1861 following 1st Manassas.  Only a detachment of 103 men were present at Gettysburg under the command of Lt. Robert W. Lyon (1842-1904), a blacksmith Butler.

The regiment on July 1 was detailed at Manchester to guard the trains.

The monument stands where the Regiment was posted on July 3. The monument is carved to look like a tree stump with various accouterments of the Civil War soldier draped around it.  It is located along the Weikert Farm Lane, just to the north of the Valley of Death below Little Round Top.

102nd Pennsylvania Infantry

6th Corps, 3rd Division, 3rd Brigade

Lt. Robert W. Lyon (1842-1904)

Engaged 103; no loss

Monument: Weikert Farm Lane, north of the Wheatfield Road

139th Pennsylvania Infantry

The 139th Pennsylvania came from the counties of Allegheny, Armstrong, and Mercer. Their commander at Gettysburg was Col. Frederick H. Collier (1826-1906), a lawyer from Pittsburgh. When Collier was accidentally wounded on July 3, Lt. Col. William H. Moody (1837-1864) took command. Moody, an English born printer in Allegheny City, was killed at the age of 27 at Cold Harbor.

The relatively plain monument sits along the Weikert Farm Lane, just to the north of the Wheatfield Road. A marker also is located to this regiment along Sickles Avenue. The monument along Weikert Farm Lane marks the position of the regiment on the afternoon of July 2 into July 3.

139th Pennsylvania Infantry

6th Corps, 3rd Division, 3rd Brigade

Col. Frederick H. Collier (1826-1906)

Engaged: 511; 1 killed, 19 wounded

Monument: North of Wheatfield Road, Valley of Death

98th Pennsylvania Infantry

Located along the Weikert Farm lane, just to the north of the Wheatfield Road in the “Valley of Death,” is the simple monument to the 98th Pennsylvania. The monument’s main feature is the Sixth Corps badge at the capstone and the bronze state seal seen on all Pennsylvania’s regimental monuments. The inscriptions on this monument need repointing as they are badly fading with the passage of time.

Raised from Philadelphia in the late summer of 1861, the regiment was commanded at Gettysburg by Maj. John B. Kohler (1819-1864), a German born stove maker who was killed as the regiment’s lieutenant colonel at the battle of Cedar Creek. A secondary monument stands on Sykes Avenue on Little Round Top. This monument marks the unit’s position on the evening of July 2, 1863.

98th Pennsylvania Infantry

6th Corps, 3rd Division, 3rd Brigade

Maj. John B. Kohler (1819-1864)

Engaged: 406; 11 wounded

Monument: Field north of the Wheatfield Road

40th New York Infantry

The 40th New York Infantry was known as the “Mozart Regiment.”

It was raised in the summer of 1861 prior to First Manassas from men from predominately New York City and Onondaga County, but the unit also had a multi-state flavor as four companies also came from Massachusetts while two came from the city of Philadelphia.  The unit was formed under the auspices of Democratic New York City Mayor Fernando Wood’s “Mozart Faction”  and the city’s Union Defense Commitee.

The regiment was commanded at Gettysburg by Col. Thomas W. Egan (1834-1887), a clerk from New York City who was wounded slightly on July 2 and later rose to the rank of brigadeir general.   This was one of the larger regiments at Gettysburg, containing over 600 men.

The monument is located in the “Valley of Death” along Crawford Avenue at the base of Little Round Top.  Sculpted by R.D. Barr of Hallowell and Westerly granite and bronze, it cost $2,225.00 and was dedicated July 2, 1888.

The monument features one of the best granite carved stautes on the entire battlefield.  It depicts a soldier kneeling behind a boulder.  Bronze plaques in the shape of a diamond — the Third Corps badge — explain the regiment’s history and role at Gettysburg.  This monument marks the position of the regiment at approximately 4:30 in the afternoon of July 2.

(Interestingly, this monument is the only one on the battlefield built with the appropriations of two states; the monument was paid for by the $1500.00 granted by New York and the $500.00 granted by Massachusetts — reflecting the regiment’s multi-state origins).

40th New York Infantry

3rd Corps, 1st Division, 3rd Brigade

Col. Thomas W. Egan (1834-1887)

Engaged: 606; 23 killed, 120 wounded, 7 missing

Monument: Valley of Death

E&H 2nd U.S. Sharpshooters

The monument to companies E & H of the 2nd United States Sharpshooters is located near the Slyder House at the base of Big Round Top.

The monument is accessible via the Slyder Farm lane (today a horse trail) off the Emmitsburg Road and Confederate Avenue. This is one of the monuments that you need to walk to get to at Gettysburg.

Companies E & H were both from Vermont. The monument is a plain granite structure. The main features on the front of the die are a pair of crossed rifles and the state seal. A granite scroll tells what the two companies did at Gettysburg.
But by far the real highlight of th is monument is the hornet’s nest.

Gettysburg is not famous like Shiloh for having the Hornet’s Nest, but this monument features a tree branch with a large wasp nest with angry granite hornets coming out.

This is symbolic of the hot spot that these companies found themselves in on the afternoon of July 2, 1863 when the Confederates advanced straight towards this position and on to Devil’s Den.

2nd United States Sharpshooters - E&H (Vermont)

3rd Corps, 1st Division, 2nd Brigade

Maj. Homer R. Stoughton (1836-1902)

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

Monument: Slyder House (E&H only)