62nd Pennsylvania Infantry Regiment

The 62nd Pennsylvania Infantry Regiment monument is south of Gettysburg on De Trobriand Avenue.
Location: 39.79589 N, 77.244082 W; see map

The 62nd Pennsylvania was commanded at the Battle of Gettysburg by Lieutenant Colonel James C. Hull.

From the monument:

62nd
Pennsylvania Infantry.
2nd Brigade. 1st Division.
5th Corps.
Position occupied by the
Regiment on the evening of
July 2. 1863. After the troops
on the right had retired, and
where the Brigade had a
Bayonet contest.
Carried into Action.
Officers       26. Men 400
Killed Officers    4. Men 24
Wounded Officers  10. Men 97.
Captured or Missing  Men 40
Total Loss 175.

From the left side:

Recruited
in the counties of
Allegheny, Clarion,
Armstrong, Jefferson,
and Blair.
Mustered in July 4, 1861
Mustered out July 13, 1864.
Total enrollment 1600
Killed and died of wounds
Officers 17. Men 147.
Wounded Officers 30 men. 473 men.
Died of disease men 77.
Total 744

From the right side:

Yorktown, Hanover Court House, Mechanicsville, Gaines' Mill, Malvern Cliffs, Malvern Hill, 2d Bull Run, Antietam, Fredericksburg, Chancellorsville, Upperville, Gettysburg, Rappahannock Station, Mine Run, Wilderness, Spottsylvania, North Anna, Totopotomoy, Bethesda Church, Cold Harbor, Petersburg.

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