Union Monuments - New York Infantry

57th New York Infantry
"National Guard Rifles," "Clinton Rifles,"
"Zook's Voltigeurs"

The monument to the 57th New York Infantry is south of Gettysburg on Sickles Avenue at the west edge of the Wheatfield. (see map)

The 57th New York was commanded at the Battle of Gettysburg by Lieutenant Colonel Alford B. Chapman.

From the front of the monument:

57th New York
Infantry
3d Brigade,
1st Division,
2d Corps

From the rear:

Engaged the enemy here
July 2, 1863.
July 3, on Cemetery Ridge
resisting Pickett's attack.
Total number engaged 175.
Killed 4, wounded 28,
missing 2.

From the right side:

Yorktown, Fair Oaks, Gaines' Mills, Peach Orchard, Savage Station, White Oak Swamp, Malvern Hill, Antietam, Fredericksburg, Chancellorsville.

From the left side:

Gettysburg, Mine Run, Auburn Hill, Bristoe Station, Wilderness, Tod's Tavern, Cold Harbor, Petersburg, Deep Bottom, Ream's Station.

See more about the 57th New York Infantry during the Civil War