Union monuments - Pennsylvania Infantry

105th Pennsylvania Infantry Regiment
"The Wild Cat Regiment"

The monument to the 105th Pennsylvania Infantry Regiment is south of Gettysburg on Emmitsburg Road.

Location: 39.80428 N, 77.247905 W; see map

The 105th Pennsylvania was commanded at the Battle of Gettysburg by Colonel Calvin A. Craig, who was wounded on July 2.

From the front of the monument:

105th Pennsylvania Infantry
1st Brig. 1st Div. 3d Corps
July 2nd. Position from 2 to 4 p.m.
Moved across the Emmitsburg
road. Being outflanked the Regiment
changed front facing south and
formed line along the lane at right
angles to the road from which
it retired fighting.

Present at Gettysburg 17 officers 257 men
killed or died of wounds 2 officers 18 men
wounded 13 officers 95 men
missing 9 men.
Total loss 132.

Wild Cat Regiment

From the rear:

In retiring joined 2d
Division 3d Corps advanc-
ing and recapturing with
the aid of other troops
3 guns of Battery C, 5th
U.S. Artillery.

From the right side:

Yorktown   Mine Run.
Williamsburg   Wilderness.
Fair Oaks   Spotsylvania.
Oak Grove   North Anna.
Glendale   Totopotomoy.
Malvern Hill   Cold Harbor.
Bristoe Stn   Petersburg.
2d Bull Run    Strawberry Plains.
Chantilly    Deep Bottom.
Fredericksburg    Poplar Springs Church. Chancellorsville   Boyton Road
Gettysburg   Hatcher's Run.
Auburn    Amelia Springs.
Kelly's Ford   Appomattox

See more about the 105th Pennsylvania Infantry Regiment during the Civil War