98th Pennsylvania Infantry Regiment

Two monuments to the Ninety Eighth Pennsylvania Infantry Regiment are south of Gettysburg on Sykes Avenue (top right) and north of Wheatfield road along the driveway to the John Weikert farm (bottom right).
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From the front of the Sykes Avenue monument:

98th Penna. Infantry
3d Brig. 3d Div. 6th Corps
Leading the Corps in the march
from Manchester, Md.
Arrived here July 2d about 5 p.m.
immediately charged to the Wheatfield
and woods to the left.
About dark rejoined the Brigade north of
the paved road where other monument stands.

3rd Brigade.
3rd Division. 6th Corps.

From the right side:

Gettysburg
July
2. 3. & 4.
1863.

From the left side:

98th Regt. PaV. V.
To our
fallen comrades.
July 2, 3 & 4 1863

From the rear:

98th Regt.
Penna. Vet. Vols.
Organized in Phila. April 29th 1861
for 3 mos. as the 21st Reg. P.V.
Re-organized Aug. 17th 1861
for 3 years as the 98th Reg. P.V.
Re-enlisted Dec. 23d 1863.
Mustered out June 29th 1865."

From the front of the Wheatfield Road monument:

98th Penna. Infantry
The regiment was the advance of
the Sixth Corps in its march from
Manchester, Md. to the battlefield and
occupied this position from the evening of
July 2d until the close of battle.

3rd. Brigade 3rd. Division
6th. Corps.

From the left side:

Recruited in Philadelphia
Mustered in April 29th, 1861 as the 21st
Pennsylvania Infantry for 3 months. Reorgan-
ized as the 98th Pennsylvania Infantry and
mustered in August 17th, 1861. Re-enlisted
December 23rd, 1863. Mustered out June 29th, 1865.

"Yorktown, Williamsburg, Malvern Hill, Fredericksburg, Marye's Heights, Gettysburg, Rappahannock Station, Mine Run, Wilderness, Spotsylvania, North Anna, Totopotomoy, Cold Harbor, Petersburg, Fort Stevens, Winchester, Fisher's Hill, Cedar Creek, Petersburg (Fort Fisher), Sailor's Creek, Appomattox"

Both monuments carry the cross that is the symbol of the Union 6th Army Corps. The Wheatfield Road monument, erected in 1889 by the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, also carries a bronze bas relief of Pennsylvania's Coat of Arms.

The regiment was commanded by Major John B. Kohler. It brought 406 men to the field and lost 11 wounded.

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