Union monuments - Pennsylvania Infantry

46th Pennsylvania Infantry Regiment

The monument to the 46th Pennsylvania Infantry Regiment is southeast of Gettysburg on Slocum Avenue.Location: 39.81527 N, 77.217155 W; see map

The monument was dedicated by the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania in 1889. It is topped by the star that is the symbol of the Union 12th Army Corps.

The 46th Pennsylvania was commanded at the Battle of Gettysburg by Colonel James L. Selfridge.

From the front of the monument:

46th Penna.
Infantry

July 2. The Regiment
constructed and held
these works until
evening when the
Division moved to
support the left of the
line. Returning in the
night the enemy was
found in the works. And
the Regiment was posted
in the open field in
the rear until the enemy
was driven out. When it
returned and held the
works until the close
of the battle.

1st Brigade, 1st Division
12th Corps

From the tablet on the lower front of the monument:

July 3, 1863 p.m. ordered to support of the centre between General Meade's headquarters and the fighting line and in reserve. After repulse of Longstreet's assault returned to breastworks. July 4, a.m. Reconnoitered towards Hanover. Returned through Gettysburg and encamped.

From the left side:

Present at
Gettysburg 262.
Killed 2 men.
Wounded
1 officer 9 men.
Missing 1 man.

From the right side:

Recruited in the
counties of Mifflin,
Allegheny, Lehigh,
Northampton, Dauphin,
Berks, Potter, Luzerne
& Northumberland.
Mustered in
Sept. 2, 1861.
Re-enlisted
Jany. 13, 1864.
Mustered out
July 16, 1865.

From the rear:

Winchester
Cedar Mountain
Antietam
Chancellorsville
Gettysburg • Resaca
Cassville • Dallas
Pine Knob
Kulp's Farm
Peach Tree Creek
Atlanta
March to the Sea
Savannah • Averysboro
Bentonville
Durham Station
(Surrender)

See more about the 46th Pennsylvania Infantry Regiment during the Civil War