Union monuments - Pennsylvania Infantry

9th Pennsylvania Reserves
(38th Pennsylvania Infantry Regiment)

The monument to the Ninth Pennsylvania Reserves is south of Gettysburg at the base of Little Round Top near the intersection of Warren and Sykes Avenues.
Location: 39.78965 N, 77.236965 W; see map

The regiment was commanded at the Battle of Gettysburg by Lieutenant Colonel James M. Snodgrass.

From the front of the monument:

9th Penna. Reserves
(38th Penna. Infantry)
3d Brig. 3d Div. 5th Corps

From the rear:

The Regiment arrived on the field July 2nd about
5 p.m. with 377 officers and men and soon after
moved to this position and held it until the close of the battle with a loss of five wounded.

Recruited in the counties of Alleghany, Beaver and Crawford.

Mustered in State Service April & May 1861.
Mustered in U.S. Service July 258th 1861.
Mustered out May 12th 1864.

Total enrollment 1090.

See more about the 9th Pennsylvania Reserves during the Civil War