Union monuments - Pennsylvania Infantry

91st Pennsylvania Infantry Regiment

The monument to the 91st Pennsylvania Infantry Regiment is south of Gettysburg on the summit of Little Round Top.

Location: 39.792121 N , 77.236583 W; see map

Close nearby is a smaller monument to the 91st (center right) which has become a tribute to General Weed and Captain Hazlett. This was the original monument to the 91st erected by veterans of the regiment. When state funds became available to build a larger monument in 1889 the original was moved thirty feet to the east to a nearby boulder already inscribed to Lt. Hazlett and new inscriptions were added to honor both Hazlett and Weed.

The 91st Pennsylvania was commanded at the Battle of Gettysburg by Lieutenant Colonel Joseph H. Sinex. It brought 258 men to the field, losing 3 killed and 16 wounded.

From the front of the main monument:

91st Penna.
Infantry.
3rd Brig.
2nd Div.
5th Corps

From the front (east) panel:

July 2. Moving
at the double-quick
in the evening,
the regiment took
position here and
having aided in
repulsing the
attack of the
enemy upon this
line, remained
until the close
of the battle.

From the north panel:

Present at
Gettysburg 258
officers and men.
Killed and died
of wounds 4 men.
Wounded 2
officers 13 men.
----
Recruited in
Philadelphia.
Mustered in
Sept & Dec. 1861,
re-enlisted
Dec. 26, 1863,
Mustered out
July 10, 1865

From the smaller monument, located just to the east:

91
P.V.V.
Reg.

Position
July 2 ,3, 4, 1863.

Erected by the 91 Reg P.V.
in memory of Brig. Gen. Weed
3 Brig. 2 Div. 5 A.C. and Lt. Chs. E. Hazlett
5th U.S. Arty. who fell
at this spot July 2, 1863

See more about the 91st Pennsylvania Infantry Regiment during the Civil War

(below) Flank markers for the 91st Pennsylvania (right) and
the 146th New York (left) at the foot of the boulder on
Little Round Top supporting the statue of General G. K. Warren. (see enlargment)