Cumberland Township near Gettysburg in Adams County, Pennsylvania — The American Northeast (Mid-Atlantic)
106th Pennsylvania Infantry
Philadelphia Brigade
| | 2nd Division, 2nd Corps | |
Photographed by Craig Swain, December 27, 2008
1. 106th Pennsylvania Infantry Monument
Three drums at the top of the monument for a trefoil, the symbol of the Second Corps. Below the drums on each face is a knapsack. Around the center of the monument is a strip of 40 trefoils (ten on each side), representing the forty rounds carried by each soldier's cartridge box.
(Around Upper Step):
Pennsylvania Infantry
Philadelphia Brigade
2d Brigade
2d Division
2d Corps
(Front):
Yorktown, Fair Oaks, Peach Orchard, Savage Station, Glendale, Malvern Hill, Flint Hill, Antietam, Fredericksburg, Chancellorsville, Haymarket, Gettysburg, Kelly's Ford, Mine Run, Wilderness, Spotsylvania, North Anna, Totopotomy, Cold Harbor, Petersburg, Strawberry Plains, Deep Bottom, Reams' Station, Boydton Road, Hatcher's Run Feb. 1865, Hatcher's Run March 1865, Dabney's Mill, Appomattox
(Left):
Position of the Regiment July 2, 1863 in the evening the Regiment assisted in repulsing a charge of the enemy on this line and made a counter charge to the Emmettsburg Road in which 3 guns of Battery B 1st Rhode Island were recovered and at the Codori House captured 250 prisoners.
The evening of July 2, the Regiment moved to East Cemetery Hill to re-inforce the 11th Corps and remained there as indicated by monument. During the 3rd companies A. and B. continued here and assisted in repulsing the final assault of the enemy in the afternoon of the 3rd.
(Right):
Present at Gettysburg 23 officers 312 men
Killed and died of wounds 2 officers 10 men
Wounded 8 officers 43 men
Captured or missing 1 man
Total 64
Mustered in August 28th
this page online
Re-enlisted December 29th 1863
Mustered out June 30th 1865
Total enrollment 1020
Killed and died of wounds 9 officers 90 men
Died of disease etc. 1 officer 94 men
Wounded 24 officers 373 men
Captured or missing 5 officers 152 men
Total 39 officers 709 men
Total 748
Erected 1884 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 2, 1865.
Location. 39° 48.755′ N, 77° 14.137′ W. Memorial is near Gettysburg, Pennsylvania, in Adams County. It is in Cumberland Township. It is on Hancock Avenue, on the left when traveling north. Located in front of the "Copse of Trees" on Cemetery Ridge at 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 8 other markers are within walking distance of this marker: High Water Mark (a few steps from this marker); First New York Battery (within shouting distance of this marker); 4th Maine Regiment (within shouting distance of this marker); A Change in Plans (within shouting distance of this marker); A Thunderous Duel (within shouting distance of this marker); Against All Odds (within shouting distance of this marker); Nineteenth Massachusetts Volunteer Infantry
Photographed by Craig Swain, December 27, 2008
2. Front of Monument
The State Coat of Arms appears on a bronze plaque in the center.
Other markers no longer nearby. Battlefield LandmarksSouth and West (was within shouting distance of this marker but has been replaced with another marker now near it); Pickett's Charge (was within shouting distance of this marker but has been replaced with another marker now near it); a different marker also named The High Water Mark (was within shouting distance of this marker but has been replaced with another marker now near it).
Related markers. Click here for a list of markers that are related to this marker. 106th Pennsylvania Infantry at Gettysburg.
Also see . . . 106th Pennsylvania Infantry. Service history of the regiment. (Submitted on February 16, 2009, by Craig Swain of Leesburg, Virginia.)
Photographed by Craig Swain, December 27, 2008
3. Left Side of Monument
Photographed by Craig Swain, December 27, 2008
4. Right Side of Monument
Photographed by Craig Swain, December 27, 2008
5. Relief on Back of Monument
The relief depicts the regiment charging the Codori Farm on July 2.
Photographed by Bill Coughlin, November 5, 2010
6. 106th Pennsylvania Infantry Marker
The three drums atop the monument resemble the clover emblem of the 2nd Corps.
Photographed by Craig Swain, December 27, 2008
7. 106th Pennsylvania Infantry Monument and the Copse of Trees
Credits. This page was last revised on February 7, 2023. It was originally submitted on February 16, 2009, by Craig Swain of Leesburg, Virginia. This page has been viewed 2,126 times since then and 25 times this year. Photos: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5. submitted on February 16, 2009, by Craig Swain of Leesburg, Virginia. 6. submitted on November 13, 2010, by Bill Coughlin of Woodland Park, New Jersey. 7. submitted on February 16, 2009, by Craig Swain of Leesburg, Virginia.
