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

7th Massachusetts Infantry

The 7th Massachusetts has one of the simplest monuments on the field.  Located on Sedgwick Avenue, it is a simple granite stone with carved crossed rifles that lacks inscription.

The regiment was recruited from the counties of Bristol, Norfolk, and Plymouth.  It’s commander was Lt. Col. Franklin P. Harlow (1827-1905), a mechanic from South Abington.  The regiment was positioned approximately 100 yards behind the monument.

7th Massachusetts Infantry

6th Corps, 3rd Division, 2nd Brigade

Lt. Col. Franklin P. Harlow (1827-1905)

Engaged: 369; 6 wounded

Monument: Sedgwick Avenue

121st New York Infantry

The 121st New York Infantry was raised from the counties of Herkimer and Ostego in August 1862.

The regiment’s commander was Col. Emory Upton (1839-1881). Upton would rise to the rank of general and was intergal in the post-war Army. He was a native of Batavia, New York and a 1861 graduate of West Point.  He was promoted to general to rank from the battle of Spotsylvania in May 1864.

The monument to the 121st is located along Sykes Avenue on the slope of Little Round Top nearest to the Wheatfield Road.  The monument’s back is to the road.

This was the regiment’s position from the evening of July 2 until the close of the battle.

On the side facing the road is a bronze relief of the regiment’s commander, Emory Upton.

The monument’s main feature, however, is a bronze staute of a soldier.  He stands resting on his musket, gazing out towards the Valley of Death.

 121st New York Infantry

6th Corps, 1st Division, 2nd Brigade

Col. Emory Upton (1839-1881)

Engaged: 470; 2 wounded

Monument: Little Round Top

37th Massachusetts Infantry

The 37th Massachusetts monument is located on Sedgwick Avenue, along with the rest of Eustis’s brigade. The monument stands approximately 100 yards in front of where the line of battle was. The monument consists of a carved tree stumped draped with a soldier’s equipment.

Like most Massachusetts monuments, detailed inscriptions are not found.

The 37th came from the counties of Berkshire, Hampden, and Hampshire. Their commander was Col. Oliver Edwards (1835-1904). After the War, he served as the Mayor of Warsaw, Illinois.

37th Massachusetts Infantry

6th Corps, 3rd Division, 2nd Brigade

Col. Oliver Edwards (1835-1904)

Engaged: 593; 2 killed, 26 wounded, 19 missing

Monument: Sedgwick Avenue

The New Jersey Brigade

This monument honors the 1st, 2nd, 3rd, 4th, and 15th New Jersey Regiments together. These regiments made up Torbert’s Brigade, also known (not surprisingly!) as the New Jersey Brigade. The monument is located on a wooded knoll overlooking the George Weikert Farm off of Sedgwick Avenue. The Brigade actually purchased the entire Weikert Farm to preserve the position it held during the battle (this was, of course, later incorporated into the Park). Consisting of Gettysburg, Quincy, and Hallowell granite, it was dedicated on June 30, 1888 at a cost of $5,700.00. Seven feet in diameter, the tall column rises 40 feet.

It is designed to appear like a tower and is located at the approximate center of the brigade battle line. Bronze medallions of General Philip Kearny (the original organizer) and Alfred T.A. Torbert appear on the monument. There are also small individual markers to each unit.

The 1st came from Camden, Hudson, Mercer, Middlesex, Union, and Warren counties and was commanded by Lt. Col. William Henry, Jr. (1836-1889) a clerk from Oxford Furnance.

The 2nd was from the counties of Essex, Passaic, Sussex, and Union. It was commanded by Lt. Col. Charles Wiebecke (1827-1864), a Prussian-born barber from Newark killed at Spotsylvania. The 3d was from the counties of Burlington, Cumberland, Camden,Gloucester, Somerset, Susex, and Union. It was under the command of Col. Henry W. Brown (1816-1892).

The 4th, which was guarding the artillery reserve trains, was from the counties of Burlington, Camden, Salem, and Union. It was commanded by Maj. Charles Ewing (1841-1872), a ship’s officer.  A small marker is located to the 4th off of Granite Schoolhouse Lane.
These were the original regiments of the brigade, mustered in during the summer of 1861.

Added later was the 15th New Jersey. From the counties of Hunterdon, Morris, Somerset, Sussex, and Warren, it was raised in the summer of 1862. It was under the command of Col. William H. Penrose (1832-1903), a civil engineer.

The brigade only suffered minor casualties at Gettysburg.

The New Jersey Brigade (1st, 2nd, 3rd, 4th, and 15th Regiments)

6th Corps, 1st Division, 1st Brigade and Artillery Reserve Guard

Engaged: 1st, 292; no loss / 2nd, 405; 6 wounded / 3rd, 325; 2 wounded / 4th, 386; no loss / 15th, 441; 3 wounded

Monument: New Jersey Brigade Monument, knoll near the G. Weikert Farm off of Sedgwick Avenue

3d New York Independent Battery

The simple monument to the 3rd New York Independent Battery is located on the Taneytown Road across the street from the current Visitor’s Center. The monument notes: “Forced march 36 miles, second position.”

The regiment was raised as part of the 2nd Militia (82nd New York regiment) in June 1861.

It’s commander was Capt. William A. Harn (1834-1889), a veteran artilleryman from Philadlephia who late in life kept a lighthouse in St. Augustine, Florida.

3d New York Independent Battery

6th Corps Artillery Brigade

Capt. William A. Harn (1834-1889)

Engaged: 119 men, 6 Parrotts; no loss

Monument: Taneytown Road

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

49th Pennsylvania Infantry

The 49th Pennsylvania monument is located along Howe Avenue at the base of the Round Tops. It is a relatively simple but interestingly shaped monument that includes bronze rifles around a triangular shaped granite stone.

There were only four companies at Gettysburg (A-D). The regiment came from the counties of Chester, Centre, Huntingdon, Juniata, and Mifflin. Their commander was Lt. Col. Thomas M. Huslings (1835-1864). Huslings, a Lewistown lawyer, was killed commanding the regiment at the battle of Spotsylvania on May 10, 1864.

This monument marks the regiment’s position in reserve at the battle of Gettysburg from the afternoon of July 2 on.

49th Pennsylvania Infantry

6th Corps, 1st Division, 3rd Brigade

Lt. Col. Thomas M. Huslings (1835-1864)

Engaged: 318; no loss

Monument: Howe Avenue

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