Union Monuments, New Jersey

8th New Jersey Infantry Regiment

The monument to the Eighth New Jersey Infantry Regiment is south of Gettysburg on De Trobriand Avenue in the Rose Woods. (see map)

The regiment was commanded at the Battle of Gettybsurg by Colonel John Ramsey until he was wounded on July 2nd. Captain John Langton then took command.

From the front of the monument:

8th New Jersey
Volunteers
Col. John Ramsay
3d Brig. [Burling's]
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.
Took into action 170.
Killed 7. Wounded
7 officers, 31 men.
Missing 2. Total 47.

From the right side:

Mustered in
Sept. 4, 1861.
Mustered out
July 17, 1865.
Engaged in 38 battles.
Casualties: Killed
3 officers, 125 men.
Wounded 38 officers
583 men. Died 2 officers,
149 men. Total 905.

See more about the Eighth New Jersey Infantry Regiment during the Civil War