Union Monuments - Michigan

Third Michigan Infantry Regiment

The monument to the Third Michigan Infantry Regiment is south of Gettysburg in the Peach Orchard. It was dedicated by the State of Michigan in 1889.

Location: 39.80018 N, 77.24927 W; see map

The regiment was commanded at the Battle of Gettysburg by Colonel Byron Root Pierce . He was wounded on July 2nd and his brother, Lieutenant Colonel Edwin S. Pierce, then took command.

From the front of the monument:

3rd Michigan Inftry 3rd Brig. 1st Div. 3rd Corps

From the rear:

July 2nd 1863.
This regiment, deployed as skirmishers 150 yards in advance of this position, held the line extending from the Peach Orchard east to the woods, was the right of de Trobriand's Brigade, and connected with the left of Graham's.
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Went into action with 19 officers, 267 men. - Total 286
Casualties.
7 men killed, 3 officers and 28 men wounded, 7 men missing - Total 45.

See more about the 3rd Michigan Infantry Regiment during the Civil War