54th New York Infantry Regiment

The monument to the Fifty Fourth New York Infantry Regiment is southeast of Gettysburg on Wainwright Avenue. see map

From the monument:

54th Regt. N. Y. Infantry
(Hiram Burney Rifles)
1st Brig. 1st Div.
11th Corps

From thetablet on the rear:

54th Regt. N. Y. Infantry
July 1st
Skirmishing on extreme right
near Rock Creek.
July 2nd
At sunset,
Severe fighting in this position.
Casualties
Killed 7, wounded 47, missing 48,
Total loss 102.

Cross Keys, Cedar Mountain,
Rappahannock Station,
Waterloo Bridge, Freeman's Ford,
Sulphur Springs, Groveton, Manassas,
Chantilly, Chancellorsville,
Gettysburg. 1862-3.

Front of Charleston S.C. 1864-5.
Organized 1861.
Reenlisted 1864, mustered out 1866.

The monument depicts Heinrich Michel, who was killed carrying the colors on July 2.

The regiment was commanded at Gettysburg by Major Stephen Kovacs until he was captured on July 1. Lieutenant Ernst Both then took command. The 54th brought 216 men to the field.

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