Union monuments - Ohio

55th Ohio Infantry Regiment

The monument to the 55th Ohio Infantry Regiment is south of Gettysburg on the east side of the intersection of Taneytown Road and Steinwehr Avenue.

Location: 39.821466 N, 77.232914; see map

The 55th Ohio Infantry was commanded at the Battle of Gettysburg by Colonel Charles B. Gambee. It brought 375 men to the field.

From the front of the monument:

55th
Ohio
Infantry

2d Brigade, 2d Division, 11th Corps

Erected by the State of Ohio

From the left side:

55th
Ohio Infantry
Arrived at 2:20 pm. July 1, in
this position, which it held
throughout the battle.
With severe loss,
its skirmishers drove back
those of the enemy
and seized a barn between
the lines,
where 12 of its men were
surrounded and captured by
the enemy's main line.
Casualties
6 killed. 31 wounded.
12 missing.

From the right side:

55th
Ohio Infantry
Organized for 3 years
at Norwalk, Ohio,
Autumn of 1861. Served in
the Mountain Department,
1st Corps, Army of Virginia,
and 11th Corps,
Army of the Potomac.
Was transferred in September,
1863, to Army of the
Cumberland.
Served in Grant's Chattanooga
Campaign
and with the 20th Corps in
Sherman's Georgia and Carolina
Campaigns.
Mustered out July 11, 1865

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