Union Monuments, New York Infantry

39th New York Infantry Regiment
"Garibaldi Guards"

The monument to the 39th New York Infantry Regiment is south of Gettysburg on Hancock Avenue in Ziegler's Grove (top right). (see map) It was dedicated in 1888 by the State of New York.

A marker north of United States Avenue (middle right) shows the position where the regiment fought on July 2.

The 39th New York was commanded at the Battle of Gettysburg by Major Hugo Hillebrandt, who was wounded on July 3. It brought 332 men in four companies (A-D) to the field.

From the front of the monument:

39th
New York
Infantry,
(Garibaldi Guards)
3rd Brig. 3d Div.
2d Corps.

From the left side:

This Regiment at about
7 o'clock P.M. July 2d 1863.
Being ordered to support
General Sickles' line.
Charged and drove the enemy
Recapturing the Guns and
Equipment of Battery I.
5th U.S. Artillery.
A stone tablet marks
the place where this
incident occurred

From the right side:

This regiment
(composed of
4 companies)
held this
position
July 2d and 3d
1863.

From the rear:

Casualties:
Killed 15,
Wounded 80,
Total 95.

From the marker on United States Avenue:

On this spot July 2d 1863,
the 39th N.Y. Infantry
re-captured the guns
and equipment of
Battery I,
5th U.S. Artillery

See more about the 39th New York Infantry Regiment during the Civil War