Union monuments - Pennsylvania Infantry

99th Pennsylvania Infantry Regiment

There are two monuments to the 99th Pennsylvania Infantry on the Gettysburg battlefield.

A monument now on Hancock Avenue was the original monument. It was erected by the regimental veteran's Association and dedicated in 1886 at the Devil's Den. When the state made funding available for Pennsylvania regimental monuments in 1889 it was decided to create a new monument on the Devil's Den location. The original monument was moved to the regiment's secondary position on Hancock Avenue.

Location: 39.813502 N, 77.235172 W; see map

The new monument was dedicated at the Devil's Den in 1889. The startlingly modern design works in both the diamond symbol of the 3rd Army corps and the keystone symbol of Pennsylvania.

Location: 39.792372 N, 77.242264 W; see map

The 99th Pennsylvania was commanded at the Battle of Gettysburg by Major John W. Moore. It brought 339 men to the field.

From the front of the monument:

99th
Pennsylvania
Infantry

Fought on this line in the
afternoon of July 2nd.

Present at Gettysburg
339 Officers and men.
Killed and died of wounds
1 officer and 24 men.
Wounded 4 officers
and 70 men.
Captured or missing
11 men.
Total 110

From the left side:

2nd Brigade

Recruited in Phila and
Lancaster Counties.
Mustered in July 21 1861
To January 18 1862.
Re-enlisted January 1864,
Mustered out July 1 1865.
Total enrollment 2140

From the rear:

1st Division

Killed and died of wounds
9 officers and 115 men
Died of disease & c
1 officer and 116 men
Wounded 27 officers and 337 men
Captured or missing
2 officers and 153 men
Total 760

From the right side:

3rd Corps

2nd Bull Run      North Anna
Chantilly      Totopotomy
White's Ford      Cold Harbor
Fredericksburg      Petersburg
Chancellorsville      Strawberry Plains
Gettysburg      Deep Bottom
Wapping Heights      Poplar Springs
Auburn      Boydton Road
Kelly's Ford      Hatcher's Run
Mine Run      Petersburg Watkins' House
Wilderness      Amelia Springs
Spotsylvania      Appomattox

From the front of the Hancock Avenue Monument:

99th Regt. Pa. Vols.

Army of the Potomac

From Sept. 1861.
to July 1865.

2nd Brigade.
1st Division 3rd Corps

From the right (south side):

July 2
Present for duty
21 officers & 318 men.
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Killed
1 officer & 17 men
---v
Wounded
4 officers & 77 men
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Missing
11 men

From the rear (east side)

Organized
At Phila. PA.
July 26, 1861
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Re-enlisted
Feby. 1864
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Mustered out
July 2, 1865.

From the left (north) side:

In memoriam
Our fallen comrades
July 2, 3, 1863.
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Erected
by the
9th PA. Vet. Asso.
and friends

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