Lieutenant Colonel Henry C. Merwin

The monument to Lieutenant Colonel Henry Merwin is south of Gettysburg along Wheatfield Road on the north edge of the Wheatfield.

From the monument:

In Memory of
Lt. Col.
Henry C. Merwin
27th C.V.
who fell mortally
wounded where
the monument of his
regiment now stands.

Lt. Colonel Merwin led the 27th Connecticut Infantry Regiment through Fredericksburg and Chancellorsville. He fell leading his men at the furthest point of their charge acrosss the Wheatfield on July 2nd. His last words were, "My poor regiment is suffering fearfully."

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