Union Monuments, New Jersey

6th New Jersey Infantry Regiment

The monument to the Sixth New Jersey Volunteers is south of Gettysburg on Crawford Avenue just north of its intersection with Warren Avenue. (see map)

The Sixth New Jersey Regiment was commanded at the Battle of Gettysburg by Lieutenant Colonel Stephen R. Gilkyson and brought 246 men to the field.

From the front of the monument:

6th New Jersey
Volunteers
Lieut. Col. S. R. Gilkyson
3d Brig. Burlings
2d Div. 3d Corps

Erected by the State
of New Jersey 1888

From the left side:

Engaged here July 2nd
1863, being detached
from the brigade.
Supported batteries on
Cemetery Ridge July 3.
Losses
Killed 5, Wounded 29
Missing 7, Total 41.

From the right side:

Mustered in
Aug. 9. 1861.
Consolidated with
8th Reg. N.J.V.
Oct. 12, 1864.
Engaged in 30 Battles

See more about the 6th New Jersey Volunteers during the Civil War