Colonel Charles Frederick Taylor

The monument to Colonel Charles Frederick Taylor is south of Gettysburg on Ayers Avenue. see map

Nearby is the monument to Colonel Taylor's regiment, the 13th Pennsylvania Reserves, also known as the Bucktails and the First Rifle Regiment.

From the Monument:

Here fell
Charles Frederick Taylor
July 2, 1863
Age 23 years 4 months 26 days.
Colonel of the "Bucktails"
First Rifle Regiment P.R.V.C.
Erected by his comrades and friends
1905

Charles Frederick Taylor
Born February 6 1840
Enrolled May 16 1861
Captain Co. H. 13th Penna. Reserves
First Rifles May 28 1861
Colonel March 1 1863
Killed in action July 2 1863

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