Union Monuments - Connecticut

5th Connecticut Infantry Regiment

The monument to the 5th Connecticut Infantry Regiment is southeast of Gettysburg on Slocum Avenue on the south end of Culp's Hill. It was dedicated in 1887 by the Commonwealth of Conencticut.

Location: 39.815562 N, 77.217394 W; see map

The regiment was commanded at the Battle of Gettysburg by Colonel Warren W. Packer of Groton. It brought 324 men to the battle, of whom two were wounded and five missing.

From the front of the monument:

12th Corps
5th Conn. Infantry,
July 2 & 3, 1863

From the angled top of the base of the monument below the front face:

1st Brig. 1st Div.

See more about the 5th Connecticut Infantry Regiment during the Civil War.