Union monuments - Pennsylvania Infantry

49th Pennsylvania Infantry Regiment

The monument to the 49th Pennsylvaia Infantry Regiment is south of Gettysburg on Howe Avenue.
Location: 39.783256 N, 77.22767 W; see map

The 49th Pennsylvania was commanded at the Battle of Gettysburg by Lieutenant Colonel Thomas M. Huings. It brought 318 men to the field in four companies (A-D), suffering no casualties.

From the front of the monument:

49th Penna. Infantry
3rd Brig. 1st Div. 6th Corps

From the left side:

The regiment
made a continuous
march from
Manchester Md.,
arriving on the
field the afternoon
of July 2.
Occupied this
position in reserve
from the morning
of the 3rd until
the enemy's assault
in the afternoon
when it moved to
support centre
thence to Round Top.

From the right side:

Organized September 14, 1861.
Re-enlisted December 24, 1863.
Mustered out July 15, 1865.
Total enrollment 1400.
Killed in action 91.
Died of wounds 58.
Died of disease etc. 173.
Wounded 333.
Captured or missing 74.
Total losses 729.

From the rear:

Yorktown
Williamsburg
Seven Days
Antietam
Fredericksburg
Marye's Heights
Salem Heights
Gettysburg
Rappahannock Station
Mine Run
Wilderness
Spotsylvania
North Anna
Totopotomoy
Cold Harbor
Petersburg
Winchester
Petersburg (Assault)
Sailor's Creek
Appomattox

Recruited
in the counties of
Centre, Chester, Huntingdon,
Miffin and Juniata

See more on the 49th Pennsylvania Infantry Regiment during the Civil War