Union monuments - Pennsylvania Infantry

2nd Pennsylvania Reserves
(31st Pennsylvania Infantry Regiment)

The monument to the Second Pennsylvania Reserves is south of Gettysburg on Ayers Avenue at the eastern edge of The Wheatfield.

Location: 39.796275 N, 77.241204 W; see map

The 2nd Pennsylvania Reserves was commanded at the Battle of Gettysburg by Lieutenant Colonel George A. Woodward. It was part of the 1st Brigade, 3rd Division of the 5th Army Corps.

From the front of the monument:

2nd Pennsylvania Reserves
31st Infantry
Mustered in May 27, 1861
Mustered out June 16, 1864
Recruited at Philadelphia

From the south side:

July 2nd in the evening charged from
the hill in rear to this position and
held it until the afternoon of July 3d
when the Brigade advanced through
the woods to the front and left
driving the enemy and capturing
many prisoners.

From the north side:

Present at Gettysburg
24 officers and 243 men
Killed and died of wounds, 9 men
Wounded     2 offices and 25 men
Captured or missing             1 man
Total enrollment 850
Killed and died of wounds 4 officers 82 men.
Died of disease etc.       2      "          62   "
Wounded                      21     "       176  "
Captured or missing       5     "         48   "
                                      32             368
Total casualties 400

From the east side:

Mechanicsville, Gaines Mill, Glendale
or New Market Crossroads, Malvern Hill,
Groveton, 2d Bull Run, South Mountain,
Antietam, Fredericksburg, Getttysburg,
Brsitoe Station, Rappahannock Station,
Mine Run, Wilderness, Spotsylvania,
North Anna, Totopotomoy, Bethesda Church.

See more about the 2nd Pennsylvania Reserves during the Civil War