Union monuments - Pennsylvania Infantry

153rd Pennsylvania Infantry Regiment

There are two monuments to the 153rd Pennsylvania Infantry Regiment on the Gettysburg battlefield.

The first was dedicated in 1884 south of Gettysburg on Wainwright Avenue by the survivors of the regiment.
Location: 39.82135 N, 77.2272 W; see map

The second monument is north of Gettysburg on Barlow's Knoll along Howard Avenue, and was dedicated in 1889 by the State of Pennsylvania.
Location: 39.845684 N, 77.226152 W; see map

The 153rd Pennsylvania was commanded at the Battle of Gettysburg by Major John F. Freuauff.

From the front of the monument:

153rd Penna Infantry
1st Brig. 1st Div.
11th Corps

July 1. The Regiment held this
position in the afternoon until
the Corps was outflanked and
retired, when it took position
along the lane at the foot of
East Cemetery Hill, where it
remained until the close
of the battle, assisting to
repulse the enemy's assault
on the night of the 2nd.

From the left side of the monument:

Carried into action
24 officers 545 men.
Killed and died of wounds
1 officer 40 men.
Wounded
7 officers 117 men.
Captured and missing
46 men.
Total loss 211.

From the right side:

Recruited in
Northampton County.
Mustered in
September 1862, mustered out
July 24, 1863

The Wainwright Avenue monument displays the crescent moon symbol of the Union Eleventh Army Corps as well as the keystone symbol of the State of Pennsylvania.

From the monument:

153d Regt. Penn. Vol.
1st Brigade, 1st Division
11h Corps. Engaged at
Chancellorsville
May 1, 2, 3 & 4, 1863
Gettysburg
July 1, 2, & 3, 1863
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Erected by the survivors.

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