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6th Maine
Volunteer Infantry Regiment

Attached to 3rd Brigade. 1st Division 6th Army Corps

The monument to the 6th Maine Infantry Regiment is south of Gettysburg on Howe Avenue. (39.783435° N, 77.228407° W; map) It was dedicated in 1889 by the State of Maine.

The 6th Maine was commanded at the Batle of Gettysburg by Col. Hiram Burnham. It brought 439 men to the field and suffered no casualties, being held in reserve with Howe's brigade in the rear of the Round Tops along Taneytown Road.

From the front of the monument:

6th Maine
Infantry
3rd Brigde
1st Div. 6th Corps

Held this position
July 3, 1863.
In afternoon moved
to support of centre,
then to Big Round Top.

See more about the 6th Maine Volunteer Infantry Regiment during the Civil War