2nd United States Artillery Battery G

2nd United States Artillery Battery G was also known as Thompson’s Battery. It was part of the Sixth Corps Artillery Brigade. The unit was made up of 6 Napoleons and 113 men under the command of Lt. John H. Butler (1838-1910). Butler was a druggist in Hartford, Connecticut prior to the Civil War.

Enlisted from New York City and Suffolk County, Massachusetts, this unit was originally organized in 1821. At the start of the Civil War, it was stationed at Fort Mackinac in Michigan.

It suffered no loss at Gettysburg.

2nd United States Artillery Battery G

6th Corps Artillery Brigade

Engaged: 6 Napoleons and 113 men; no loss

Monument: Near the old Cyclorama building in Ziegler’s Grove

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

1st Massachusetts (A) Artillery

1st Massachusetts (Battery A) Artillery has a simple monument in the National Cemetery that denotes it’s July 3d position. The Battery consisted of 6 Napoleons and 145 men who served as part of the Sixth Corps Artillery Brigade. They suffered no losses.

The unit mainly came from Suffolk County and mustered in at North Cambridge on August 28, 1861. It was commanded at Gettysburg by Capt. William H. McCartney (1834-1894), a Boston lawyer.

1st Massachusetts (A) Artillery

6th Corps Artillery Brigade

Engaged: 6 Napoleons and 145 men; no losses

Monument: National Cemetery

5th Maine Infantry

The 5th Maine was raised at Portland in June 1861, mainly taking it’s men from the counties of Androscoggin, Cumberland, Oxford, and York.

Their commander at Gettysburg was Col. Clark S. Edwards (1824-1903), a farmer from Bethel.

The simple monument to this regiment is located on a boulder near Sedgwick Avenue. The regiment held this position — in reserve — from the afternoon of July 2 until the end of the battle.

5th Maine Infantry

6th Corps, 1st Division, 2nd Brigade

340; no loss reported

Monument: Sedgwick Avenue

122nd New York Infantry

The 122nd New York was nicknamed the Third Onondaga. It was raised from Onondaga County in August 1862. The regiment was commanded by Col. Silas Titus (1811-1899), a lumber dealer from Syracuse.

This was one of the Sixth Corps regiments sent to aid the Twelfth Corps defenders on Culp’s Hill. The monument marks the unit’s position in helping to repulse the July 3 attacks. It is a relatively simple monument mounted upon a very large boulder that is a natural part of the hill.

122nd New York Infantry

6th Corps, 3rd Division, 1st Brigade

Col. Silas Titus (1811-1899)

Engaged: 456; 10 killed, 32 wounded, 2 missing

Monument: Slocum Avenue

77th New York Infantry

The 77th New York Regiment was known as the Bemis Heights Regiment. It was recruited from the counties of Essex, Fulton, and Saratoga and was mustered in at Saratoga Springs in November 1861.

The 77th’s commander was Lt. Col. Winsor B. French (1832-1910), an attorney in Saratoga Springs. The regiment numbered 424 at Gettysburg and was held in reserve. It suffered no loss.

The regimental monument is located on Power’s Hill. It is visible from Granite Schoolhouse Lane.

77th New York Infantry

6th Corps, 2nd Division, 3rd Brigade

424; no loss

Monument: Power’s Hill

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

2nd Rhode Island Infantry

This was the only regiment from Rhode Island to be present at Gettysburg. The 2nd Infantry was recruited from every county in the state in June 1861.

It’s commander at Gettysburg was Col. Horatio Rogers, Jr. (1836-1904), a lawyer from Providence.

The 2nd Rhode Island monument is located near Sedgwick’s equestrian staute on Sedgwick Avenue.

The main feature is a bronze sculpture of a soldier’s drum and wreath that sit on top of the monument. The state seal is also featured prominently.

2nd Rhode Island Infantry

6th Corps, 3rd Division, 2nd Brigade

Col. Horatio Rogers, Jr. (1836-1904)

Engaged: 409; 1 killed, 5 wounded, 1 missing

Monument: Sedgwick Avenue

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