73rd Ohio Infantry Regiment

The monument to the 73rd Ohio Infantry Regiment is south of Gettysburg on Taneytown Road on the west side of the National Cemetery. see map

From the front of the monument::

73d
Ohio Infantry
2d Brigade, 2d Division,
11th Corps.

Erected by
The State of Ohio

From the left side:

Gettysburg
July 1, 2, 3, 1863.
Engaged 338
Killed 21
Mortally wounded 19
Additional wounded 104
Missing 1
Total loss 145

From the right side:

Organized at
Chillicothe, Ohio
Mustered in Dec. 30, 1861
Mustered out July 20, 1865
Original strength 891
Total enrolled 1284
Killed 156
Wounded 568
Died 123

From the rear:

Principal Engagements
Bull Pasture Mountain
Cross Keys
Cedar Mountain
Groveton
Chancellorsville
Gettysburg
Wauhatchie
Mission Ridge
Resaca
New Hope Church
Kenesaw Mountain
Peachtree Creek
Atlanta
March to the Sea
Savannah
Averasboro
Bentonville

The regiment was commanded at Gettysburg by Lieutenant Colonel Richard Long, Jr. The monument was erected in 1887 by the State of Ohio.

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