Union Monuments, New York Infantry

77th New York Infantry Regiment
"Bemis Heights Battalion "

The monument to the 77th New York Infantry Regiment is south of Gettysburg on Powers Hill. (see map) It was dedicated by the State of New York in 1889.

The 77th New York was commanded at the Battle of Gettysburg by Lieutenant Colonel Winsor B. French. It brought 424 men to the field and had no casualties, as it was providing support to artillery positioned behind Union lines.

From the monument:

77th New York Infantry
(Bemis Heights Battalion)
3rd Brigade, 2d Division
6th Corps

July 3, 1863

From the rear:

Participated in the campaigns
of the Army of the Potomac,
Fort Stevens Washington D.C.
and Sheridan's Campaign of the
Shenandoah Valley.

Recruited in the
counties of Saratoga,
Essex and Fulton.

From the right side:

Mustered in at
Saratoga Springs
Nov. 23, 1861.
Mustered out
June 27, 1865.

See more on the 77th New York Infantry Regiment during the Civil War