Union monuments - Pennsylvania Infantry

96th Pennsylvania Infantry Regiment

The monument to the 96th Pennsylvania Infantry Regiment is south of Gettysburg on Wheatfield Road. It was dedicated in 1888 by the State of Pennsylvania.
Location: 39.796094 N, 77.237696 W; see map

The monument has a carved footprint in the "mud" next to the prone soldier.

The 96th Pennsylvania was commanded at the Battle of Gettysburg by Major William H. Lessig. It brought 356 men to the field and lost 1 man wounded.

From the left side monument:

Position of the 96th Regt. Penna. Volunteers,
2nd Brigade, 1st Division, 6th Corps
from 5 p.m. of the 2nd until the morning
of the 5th of July 1863.

From the right side:

Organized at and mustered in at Pottsville,
Schuylkill County Penna. September 28, 1861.
Mustered out at Hestonville West Philadelphia
Penna, October 21 1864.

See more about the 96th Pennsylvania Infantry Regiment in the Civil War