116th Pennsylvania Infantry Regiment
"Irish Brigade"

The One Hundred Sixteenth Pennsylvania Infantry monument is south of Gettysburg on Sickles Avenue.
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Fromfront of the monument:

16th Pennsylvania Infantry
2nd Brig. 1st Div. 2nd Corps

From the rear:

July 2, 1863
In action 142 officers and men
Killed and wounded 37

The regiment was commanded by Major St. Clair A. Mulholland, who was awarded the Medal of Honor for his actions at the Battle of Chancellorsville. Company B serving as the Division Provost Guard.

The monument, erected in 1888 by the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, depicts a fallen soldier lying next to a stone wall and fence. The soldier was probably modelled after Sergeant Charles Gardner of the 110th Pennsylvania Infantry, who Major Mulholland's adjutant sketched after finding the sergeant lying dead with a peaceful smile.

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