Cumberland Township near Gettysburg in Adams County, Pennsylvania — The American Northeast (Mid-Atlantic)

United States Regulars

Front of Monument image. Click for full size.

Photographed By Craig Swain, December 27, 2008

1. Front of Monument

Inscription.

United States Regulars. . (Front):Erected by the Congress to commemorate the services of that portion of the Army of the Potomac composed of Cavalry Artillery Infantry and Engineers of the Regular Army of the United States in the Gettysburg Campaign June-July 1863. (Left):United States Artillery. Batteries E and G 1st. Regiment Captain Alanson M. Randol Battery H 1st. Regiment Lieut. Chandler P. Eaken Battery I 1st. Regiment Lieut. George A. Woodruff Battery K 1st. Regiment Captain William M. Graham Battery A 2nd. Regiment Lieut. John H. Calef Batteries B and L 2nd. Regiment Lieut. Edward Heaton Battery D 2nd. Regiment Lieut. Edward B. Williston Battery G 2nd. Regiment Lieut. John H. Butler Battery M 2nd. Regiment Lieut. A.C.M. Pennington Jr. Battery C 3d. Regiment Lieut William D. Fuller Batteries F and K 3d. Regiment Lieut. John G. Turnbull Battery A 4th. Regiment Lieut. Alanzo H. Cushing Battery B 4th. Regiment Lieut. James Stewart Battery C 4th. Regiment Lieut. Evan Thomas Battery E 4th. Regiment Lieut. Samuel S. Elder Battery F 4th. Regiment Lieut. Sylvanus T. Rugg Battery G 4th. Regiment Lieut. Bayard Wilkeson, Lieut. Eugene A. Bancroft Battery K 4th. Regiment Lieut. Francis W. Seeley, Lieut. Robert James Battery C 5th. Regiment Lieut. Gulian V. Weir Battery D 5th. Regiment Lieut. Charles E. Hazlett, Lieut. B.F. Rittenhouse Battery F 5th Regiment Lieut. Leonard Martin Battery I 5th. Regiment Lieut. Malbone F. Watson, Lieut. C.C. McConnell Battery K 5th. Regiment Lieut. David H. Kinzie, (Right):United States Cavalry Reserve Brigade Brig. - General Wesley Merritt. 1st. Regiment Captain Richard S.C. Lord Commanding 2nd. Regiment Captain Theophilus F. Rodenbough Commanding 5th. Regiment Captain Julius W. Mason Commanding 6th. Regiment Major Samuel H. Starr, Lieut. Louis H. Carpenter Lieut. Nicholas Nolan, Captain Ira W. Claflin Commanding, United States Infantry Fifth Army Corps Second Division Brig.-General Romeyn B. Ayres Commanding First Brigade Colonel Hannibal Day. 3d. Regiment Captain Henry W. Freedley, Captain Richard C. Lay Commanding 4th. Regiment Captain Julius Adams Jr. Commanding 6th. Regiment Captain Levi C. Bootes Commanding 12th. Regiment Captain Thomas S. Dunn Commanding 14th. Regiment Major Grotius R. Giddings Commanding, Second Brigade Colonel Sidney Burbank . 2nd. Regiment Major Arthur T. Lee Commanding 7th. Regiment Captain David P. Hancock Commanding 10th. Regiment Captain William Clinton Commanding 11th. Regiment Major DeLancy Floyd Jones Commanding 17th. Regiment Lieut.-Colonel J. Durell Green Commanding 8th. Regiment Captain Edwin W.H. Read at Army of the Potomac Headquarters, (Back):United States Army The artillery consisting of 26 batteries was distributed over the field Among the several Army Corps and placed in position where their services were most needed Brig.-General Henry J. Hunt Chief of Artillery, Four regiments of Cavalry under Brig. General Wesley Merritt took position on the right flank of the Confederate line of battle Eleven regiments of infantry were on the field ten with the Second Division Fifth Corps and one at headquarters Army of the Potomac, Battalion of U.S. Engineers Capt. George H. Mendell commanding Casualties Killed 12 officers 159 enlisted men. Wounded 62 officers 661 enlisted men. Missing 6 officers and 275 enlisted men.

(Front):Erected by the Congress
to commemorate the services
of that portion of the
Army of the Potomac
composed of
Cavalry Artillery Infantry and Engineers
of the Regular Army of the United States
in the Gettysburg Campaign June-July 1863
(Left):United States ArtilleryBatteries E & G 1st. Regiment Captain Alanson M. Randol
Battery H 1st. Regiment Lieut. Chandler P. Eaken
Battery I 1st. Regiment Lieut. George A. Woodruff
Battery K 1st. Regiment Captain William M. Graham
Battery A 2nd. Regiment Lieut. John H. Calef
Batteries B & L 2nd. Regiment Lieut. Edward Heaton
Battery D 2nd. Regiment Lieut. Edward B. Williston
Battery G 2nd. Regiment Lieut. John H. Butler
Battery M 2nd. Regiment Lieut. A.C.M. Pennington Jr.
Battery C 3d. Regiment Lieut William D. Fuller
Batteries F & K 3d. Regiment Lieut. John G. Turnbull
Battery A 4th. Regiment Lieut. Alanzo H. Cushing
Battery B 4th. Regiment Lieut. James Stewart
Battery C 4th. Regiment Lieut. Evan Thomas
Battery E 4th. Regiment Lieut. Samuel S. Elder
Battery F 4th. Regiment

Paid Advertisement

Click on the ad for more information.
Please report objectionable advertising to the Editor.

Click or scan to see
this page online

Lieut. Sylvanus T. Rugg
Battery G 4th. Regiment Lieut. Bayard Wilkeson, Lieut. Eugene A. Bancroft
Battery K 4th. Regiment Lieut. Francis W. Seeley, Lieut. Robert James
Battery C 5th. Regiment Lieut. Gulian V. Weir
Battery D 5th. Regiment Lieut. Charles E. Hazlett, Lieut. B.F. Rittenhouse
Battery F 5th Regiment Lieut. Leonard Martin
Battery I 5th. Regiment Lieut. Malbone F. Watson, Lieut. C.C. McConnell
Battery K 5th. Regiment Lieut. David H. Kinzie

(Right):United States Cavalry
Reserve Brigade Brig. - General Wesley Merritt1st. Regiment Captain Richard S.C. Lord Commanding
2nd. Regiment Captain Theophilus F. Rodenbough Commanding
5th. Regiment Captain Julius W. Mason Commanding
6th. Regiment Major Samuel H. Starr, Lieut. Louis H. Carpenter
Lieut. Nicholas Nolan, Captain Ira W. Claflin Commanding

United States Infantry
Fifth Army Corps Second Division
Brig.-General Romeyn B. Ayres Commanding
First Brigade Colonel Hannibal Day3d. Regiment Captain Henry W. Freedley, Captain Richard C. Lay Commanding
4th. Regiment Captain Julius Adams Jr. Commanding
6th. Regiment Captain Levi C. Bootes

Left Side of Monument image. Click for full size.

Photographed By Craig Swain, December 27, 2008

2. Left Side of Monument

Commanding
12th. Regiment Captain Thomas S. Dunn Commanding
14th. Regiment Major Grotius R. Giddings Commanding

Second Brigade Colonel Sidney Burbank 2nd. Regiment Major Arthur T. Lee Commanding
7th. Regiment Captain David P. Hancock Commanding
10th. Regiment Captain William Clinton Commanding
11th. Regiment Major DeLancy Floyd Jones Commanding
17th. Regiment Lieut.-Colonel J. Durell Green Commanding
8th. Regiment Captain Edwin W.H. Read at Army of the Potomac Headquarters

(Back):United States Army
The artillery consisting of 26 batteries was distributed over the field
Among the several Army Corps and placed in position where their
services were most needed
Brig.-General Henry J. Hunt Chief of Artillery

Four regiments of Cavalry under Brig. General Wesley Merritt took
position on the right flank of the Confederate line of battle
Eleven regiments of infantry were on the field ten with the Second Division
Fifth Corps and one at headquarters Army of the Potomac

Battalion of U.S. Engineers
Capt. George H. Mendell commanding
Casualties Killed 12 officers 159 enlisted men. Wounded

Right Side of Monument image. Click for full size.

Photographed By Craig Swain, December 27, 2008

3. Right Side of Monument

62 officers
661 enlisted men. Missing 6 officers and 275 enlisted men

Erected 1909 by United States War Department.

Topics. This memorial is listed in this topic list: War, US Civil. A significant historical month for this entry is June 1863.

Location. 39° 48.673′ N, 77° 14.146′ W. Marker is near Gettysburg, Pennsylvania, in Adams County. It is in Cumberland Township. Memorial is on Hancock Avenue, on the left when traveling north. Located south of the "Copse of Trees" on Cemetery Ridge in Gettysburg National Military Park. Touch for map. Marker is in this post office area: Gettysburg PA 17325, United States of America. Touch for directions.

Other nearby markers. At least 8 other markers are within walking distance of this marker. 19th Maine Infantry Regiment (within shouting distance of this marker); Brigadier General John Gibbon (within shouting distance of this marker); 20th Massachusetts Infantry (within shouting distance of this marker); 19th Regiment Massachusetts Infantry (within shouting distance of this marker); 121st Regiment Pennsylvania Volunteers (within shouting distance of this marker); First Brigade (within shouting

Back of Monument image. Click for full size.

Photographed By Craig Swain, December 27, 2008

4. Back of Monument

distance of this marker); 15th Massachusetts Infantry (within shouting distance of this marker); Battery B, 1st New York Light Artillery (within shouting distance of this marker). Touch for a list and map of all markers in Gettysburg.

Federal Shield image. Click for full size.

Photographed By Craig Swain, February 21, 2009

5. Federal Shield

The Federal shield appears on the east and west step rails to the monument.

United States Seal image. Click for full size.

Photographed By Craig Swain, February 21, 2009

6. United States Seal

The seal appears on the north and south side step posts.

United States Regulars Monument image. Click for full size.

Photographed By Craig Swain, December 27, 2008

7. United States Regulars Monument

United States Regulars Marker image. Click for full size.

Photographed By Adam Margolis, September 14, 2021

8. United States Regulars Marker

Credits. This page was last revised on February 7, 2023. It was originally submitted on February 22, 2009, by Craig Swain of Leesburg, Virginia. This page has been viewed 1,812 times since then and 30 times this year. Photos: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7. submitted on February 22, 2009, by Craig Swain of Leesburg, Virginia. 8. submitted on February 13, 2022, by Adam Margolis of Mission Viejo, California.