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

121st Pennsylvania Infantry

1st Brigade, 3rd Division

— 1st Corps —

121st Pennsylvania Infantry Monument image. Click for full size.

Photographed by Craig Swain, April 4, 2009

1. 121st Pennsylvania Infantry Monument

A cap, sword, and bedroll on top of the monument are draped by a flag.

Inscription.
(Front):121st Penna. Infantry
July 1st 1863
Occupied this position the extreme left of
the Union line. July 2nd & 3rd on Cemetery Ridge.

Present at Gettysburg 11 officers 286 men.
Killed and died of wounds 20 men
Wounded 5 officers 33 men
Captured and missing 1 officer 60 men

1st Brig. 3rd Div. 1s Corps

(Left):From
Fredericksburg
to
Appomattox
(Right):Recruited in Philadelphia
and Venango Counties
Mustered in Sept. 1st 1862
Mustered out June 2nd 1865.

Erected 1888 by Commonwealth of Pennsylvania.

Topics. This memorial is listed in this topic list: War, US Civil. A significant historical date for this entry is July 1, 1863.

Location. 39° 49.826′ N, 77° 15.098′ W. Memorial is near Gettysburg, Pennsylvania, in Adams County. It is in Cumberland Township. It is on Reynolds Avenue, on the right when traveling north. Located on the First Day Battlefield, south of McPherson Woods, in Gettysburg National Military Park. Touch for map. Memorial is in this post office area: Gettysburg PA 17325, United States of America. Touch for directions.

Regionally, this memorial is in South-Central Pennsylvania. It is also in the American Northeast,

in the Mid-Atlantic,

in Appalachia,

and specifically in Northern Appalachia. Globally, it is in North America,

the Western Hemisphere,

the Western World,

and the Anglosphere.

Historically, it finds itself in what was once the Haudenosaunee (Iroquois) Confederacy

and also one of the original Thirteen Colonies.

Other nearby markers. At least 10 other markers are within walking distance of this marker: 80th New York Infantry (about 400 feet away, measured in a direct line); First Brigade (about 500 feet away); Battery A, Second U.S. Artillery

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(about 600 feet away); Battery B, First Pennsylvania Artillery (about 700 feet away); 142d Pennsylvania Infantry (approx. 0.2 miles away); Abner Doubleday (approx. 0.2 miles away); 8th New York Cavalry (approx. ¼ mile away); Imboden's Brigade (approx. ¼ mile away); 151st Pennsylvania Infantry (approx. ¼ mile away); Robertson's Brigade (approx. ¼ mile away). Touch for a list and map of all markers in Gettysburg.

Related markers. Click here for a list of markers that are related to this marker. 121st Pennsylvania Infantry at Gettysburg.

Also see . . . 121st Pennsylvania Infantry. Service record of the regiment. (Submitted on January 13, 2009, by Craig Swain of Leesburg, Virginia.)

Front Inscription image. Click for full size.

Photographed by Craig Swain, November 1, 2008

2. Front Inscription

Circle symbol of the First Corps and the state seal of Pennsylvania.

Inscription at the Base of the Monument image. Click for full size.

Photographed by Craig Swain, November 1, 2008

3. Inscription at the Base of the Monument

A bronze cartridge box and belt was fixed to the base of the monument but is currently missing.

Left Side of Monument image. Click for full size.

Photographed by Craig Swain, November 1, 2008

4. Left Side of Monument

Right Side of Monument image. Click for full size.

Photographed by Craig Swain, November 1, 2008

5. Right Side of Monument

The right side features a bronze musket pointed upwards.

Close Up of Artwork image. Click for full size.

Photographed by Craig Swain, April 4, 2009

6. Close Up of Artwork

121st Pennsylvania Infantry Monument<br>Tree in Background of Earlier Pictures Has Been Removed image. Click for full size.

Photographed by Brian Scott, September 23, 2015

7. 121st Pennsylvania Infantry Monument
Tree in Background of Earlier Pictures Has Been Removed

121st Pennsylvania Infantry Monument along Reynolds Avenue image. Click for full size.

Photographed by Craig Swain, November 1, 2008

8. 121st Pennsylvania Infantry Monument along Reynolds Avenue

Photographed by Brian Scott, September 23, 2015

9. 121st Pennsylvania Infantry Monument
Tree in Background of Earlier Pictures Has Been Removed

Front of the 121st Pennsylvania image. Click for full size.

Photographed by Craig Swain, November 1, 2008

10. Front of the 121st Pennsylvania

In the afternoon of July 1, the 121st Pennsylvania was the left most infantry regiment in the Federal lines. To their front was the sloping ground down to Willoughby Run. When Pettigrew's Confederate Brigade advanced, the 52nd North Carolina turned around the left flank of the 121st, turning the Federal lines.

Credits. This page was last revised on February 7, 2023. It was originally submitted on January 13, 2009, by Craig Swain of Leesburg, Virginia. This page has been viewed 2,420 times since then and 19 times this year. Photos: 1. submitted on April 16, 2009, by Craig Swain of Leesburg, Virginia. 2, 3, 4, 5. submitted on January 13, 2009, by Craig Swain of Leesburg, Virginia. 6. submitted on April 16, 2009, by Craig Swain of Leesburg, Virginia. 7. submitted on December 17, 2015, by Brian Scott of Anderson, South Carolina. 8. submitted on January 13, 2009, by Craig Swain of Leesburg, Virginia. 9. submitted on December 17, 2015, by Brian Scott of Anderson, South Carolina. 10. submitted on January 13, 2009, by Craig Swain of Leesburg, Virginia.