Union monuments - Pennsylvania Artillery & Cavalry

1st Pennsylvania Cavalry Regiment

The monument to the First Pennsylvania Cavalry Regiment is south of Gettysburg on Hancock Avenue near the High Water Mark. Location: 39.79793 N, 77.234628 W; see map

A marker for the regiment's Company H, is located on Sedgwick Avenue. Location: 39.81278 N, 77.23527 W; see map

The First Pennsylvania Cavalry was commanded at the Battle of Gettysburg by Colonel John P. Taylor. It brought 344 men to the field and suffered two men missing. The regiment was atached to Army Headquarters except for Company H, which was detatched as Sixth Army Corps headquarters escort.

From the front of the monument:

First Pennsylvania Cavalry
1 Brigade 2 Division Cavalry Corps
Army of the Potomac

From the left side:

Mustered in July-Sept. 1861 Re-enlisted Jan-Feb. 1864. Consolidated with the 6 and 17 Penna. Cavalry to form the 2 Provisional Penna. Cavalry June 17, 1865. Mustered out August 7, 1865.

At the opening of the artillery fire on the afternoon of July 3 the Regiment was in line to the left and rear of this position with orders from General Meade to "charge the assaulting column should it succeed in breaking the infantry line in front."

Present at Gettysburg 30 officers and 388 men
Total enrollment 1500
Killed and died of wounds, officers 8, men 37
Wounded, officers 22, men 256
Died of disease etc., officers 2, men 106
Captured or missing, officers 4, men 102
Total casualties 537

From the right side:

Recruited in Montgomery, Berks, Blair, Cumberland, Juniata, Mifflin, Centre, Clinton, Greene, Fayette, Washington and Allegheny Counties

Participated in 66 engagements among which are the following: Dranesville, Strasburg, Harrisonburg, Cross Keys, Cedar Mountain, Thoroughfare Gap, Gainesville, 2 Bull Run, Fredericksburg, Brandy Station, Aldie, Middleburg, Gettysburg, Shepherdstown, Muddy Run, Culpeper, Rapidan River, Sulphur Springs, Auburn, Bristoe Station, Mine Run, Todd's Tavern, Davenport, Fortifications of Richmond, Hawes' Shop, Cold Harbor, Trevillian Station, White House, St. Mary's Church, Reams' Station July 12, 1864, Malvern Hill, Charles City Cross Road, Reams' Station August 26, 1864, Hatcher's Run, Dinwiddie Court House, Paines' Cross Roads, Amelia Springs, Sailor's Creek, Farmville, Appomattox

From the Company H marker:

Arrived on field
with Sixth Corps
Headquarters
July 2, 1863.

Killed - 1 man
----
Detached from
Regiment since Feb.
1863 on special
assignment at
Headquarters of
Sixth Army Corps
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Capt. Wm. S. Craft
commanding

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