Union Monuments - West Virginia

7th West Virginia Infantry Regiment

The monument to the 7th West Virginia Infantry Regiment is southeast of Gettysburg on East Cemetery Hill. It was dedicated in 1898 by the State of West Virginia. Location: 39.82169,-77.22899; see map

Three position markers are also on East Cemetery Hill and Cemetery Ridge.

The 7th West Virginia was commanded at the Battle of Gettysburg by Lieutenant Colonel Jonathan H. Lockwood. It brought 319 men to the field, losing 5 killed, 41 wounded and 1 missing.

From the front of the monument:

Sons of the Mountains
7th W Va Veteran
Romney to Appomattox

1st Brigade Carroll
3rd Division 2nd Corps.
At dusk July 2nd Carroll's
Brigade was ordered by
General Hancock to this point.
On arriving there we found the
Battery about to be taken charge
of by the enemy who were in large
force. Whereupon we immediately
charged on the enemy and succeeded
in completely routing their
entire force and driving them
beyond our lines.

Seventh W. Va. Infantry

From the back:

Erected by the
State of West Virginia
to commemorate
the
valor and fidelity
of the
Seventh West Virginia
Infantry

From the marker between Taneytown Road and the old Cyclorama building:

7th West Virginia
Infantry
July 2, 1863
8 A.M. to 8 P.M.

From the marker between Taneytown Road and the old Cyclorama building:

7th West Virginia
Infantry
The end of the charge
July 2, 1863

From the marker at the foot of East Cemetery Hill on Wainwright Avenue (pictured at right):

7th West Virginia
Infantry
July 3, 1863

See more about the 7th West Virginia Infantry Regiment during the Civil War