Union Monuments - New York Infantry

61st New York Infantry Regiment
"Clinton Guards"

The monument to the 61st New York Infantry Regiment is south of Gettysburg in The Wheatfield. (see map)

The regiment was commanded at the Battle of Gettysburg by Lieutenant Colonel Knut Oscar Broady. It brought 148 men to the field.

From the front of the monument:

61st Regt. N.Y. Infy.
1st Brig. 1st Div.
2nd Corps

Organized September 1861.
Mustered out July 14th 1865.

From the rear of the monument:

This position held by the
61st Regt. N.Y. infy.
on the afternoon of
July 2, 1863.

Casualties, killed 6 wounded 56
total loss 62.

See more about the 61st New York Infantry Regiment during the Civil War