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102nd Pennsylvania Infantry Regiment

The monument to the 102nd Pennsylvania Infantry Regiment is south of Gettysburg near Wheatfield Road.
Location: 39.79745 N, 77.2374 W; see map.

While most of the regiment guarded trains and picketed roads in the rear, a detachment was at Gettysburg. It was commanded by Lieutenant Robert W. Lyon and brought 103 men to the field, who suffered no casualties.

From the front of the monument:

102nd Pennsylvania Infantry
3rd Brigade, 3rd Division, 6th Corps

From the left side:

July 1. The Regiment was detailed at Manchester to guard trains to Westminster. At the latter place a detachment of 3 officers and 100 men was sent to Gettysburg with the supply train and on its arrival the morning of the 3rd was posted on this line. The rest of the Regiment picketed the roads leading from Westminster to Gettysburg until the close of the battle.

From the right side:

Recruited in Allegheny and Butler Counties
Mustered in August 1861. Re-enlisted December 1863
Mustered out June 28, 1865.
Total enrollment 2100.
Killed and died of wounds 10 officers 169 men
Wounded 23 officers 518 men
Died of disease, etc.1 officer, 37 men
Captured or missing 5 officers 131 men
Total 39 officers 905 men

From the rear:

Yorktown, Williamsburg, Fair Oaks, Malvern Hill, Antietam Fredericksburg, Marye's Heights, Salem Heights, Gettysburg, Rappahannock, Mine Run, Wilderness, Spotsylvania, North Anna, Totopotomoy, Cold Harbor, Petersburg, Fort Stevens, Charlestown, Opequon, Fisher's Hill, Cedar Creek, Petersburg Fort Fisher, Petersburg Assault, Sailor's Creek, Appomattox

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