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

New York State Memorial

Photographed By Craig Swain, December 27, 2008

1. New York State Memorial

The statue at the top of the memorial depicts the State of New York placing a wreath at the graves of the soldiers from the state killed at the battle.

Inscription.

New York State Memorial. . (Front):To the officers and soldiers of the State of New York who fell in the Battle of Gettysburg, July 1, 2, 3, 1863, many of whom are here buried, this monument is erected by a grateful commonwealth., Official return of casualties in the New York commands: Killed: 82 officers, 912 enlisted men. Wounded: 306 officers, 3763 enlisted men. Captured or missing: 69 officers, 1685 enlisted men., Groups of officers portrayed on bronze reliefs, Front: Major Genl. D. E. Sickles of N.Y. (wounded) Brig. Genl. J. B. Carr of N.Y. Brig. Genl. J. H. H. Ward of N.Y. Bvt. Maj. Genl. S.K. Zook of N.Y. (killed) Brig. Genl. R. B. Ayers of N.Y. Brig. Genl. S. H. Weed of N.Y. (killed) Bvt. Brig. Genl. H. E. Tremain of N.Y., Obverse: Major Genl. H.W. Slocum of N.Y. Maj. Gen. A. Pleasonton of D.C. Brig. Genl. J.S. Wadsworth of N.Y. Brig. Genl. G.S. Greene of N.Y. Brig. Gen. H. J. Hunt of O. Brig. Genl. J.J. Bartlett of N.Y. Brig. Genl. D.A. Russel of N.Y. Brig. Genl. A. Shaler of N.Y. Col. H.A. Barnum of N.Y., Right: Maj. Genl. J.F. Reynolds of Pa. (killed) Maj. Genl. A. Doubleday of N.Y. (wounded) Brig. Genl. A. Von Steinwehr of N.Y. Brig. Genl. F.C. Barlow of N.Y. (wounded) Col. F.C. Devin of N.Y., Left: Maj. Genl. W.S. Hancock of Pa. (wounded) Maj. Genl. D. Butterfield of N.Y. (wounded) Maj. Genl. G. K. Warren of N.Y. (wounded) Brig. Genl. J. Kilpatrick of N.Y. Brig. Genl. A.S. Webb of N.Y. (wounded). (Back):Officers from the State of New York, in United States Service, who were killed or mortally wounded at Gettysburg July 1, 2, 3, 1863: General Officers Bvt. Major Genl. Samuel K. Zook Brig. Genl. Stephen H. Weed, 8th N.Y. Cavalry Capt. Charles D. Follett, 2nd N.Y. Battery Lieut. F.J.T. Blume, 14th N.Y. Battery Capt. James McKay Rorty, 3rd U.S. Artillery Lieut. Manning Livingston, 4th U.S. Artillery Lieut. Alonzo H. Cushing Lieut. Bayard Wilkeson, 11th U.S. Artillery Lieut. Amaziah J. Barber, 12th U.S. Infantry Lieut. Silas A. Miller, 39th N.Y. Infantry Lieut. Theordore Pausch Lieut. Adolph Wagner, 40th N.Y. infantry Lieut. William H.H, Johnson, 41st N.Y. Infantry Lieut. Rhinehold Winzer, 43rd N.Y. Infantry Capt. William H. Gilfillan, 44th N.Y. Infantry Capt. Lucius S. Larrabee Lieut. Eugene L. Dunham Lieut. Benjamin N. Thomas, 52nd N.Y. Infantry Major Edward Venuti, 58th N.Y. Infantry Capt. Gustave Stoldt Capt. Edward Antonieski Lieut. Louis Deitrich, 59th N.Y. Infantry Lt. Colonel Max A. Thoman Lieut. William H. Pohlman, 60th N.Y. Infantry Lieut. Myron D. Stanley, 61st N.Y. Infantry Lieut. Franklin K. Garland, 64th N.Y. Infantry Capt. Henry V. Fuller Lieut. Alfred H. Lewis Lieut. Willis C. Babcock Lieut. Ira S. Thurber, 66th N.Y. Infantry Capt. George H. Inge Capt. Elijah F. Munn, 68th N.Y. Infantry Capt. Otto Friedrich, 71st N.Y. Infantry Lieut. Andrew W. Estes, 72nd N.Y. Infantry Lieut. Charles A. Foss, 73rd N.Y. Infantry Capt. Eugene C. Shine Lieut. Wiliam L. Herbert Lieut. James Marksman Lieut. George P. Dennen Lieut. Martin E. Higgins, 74th N.Y. Infantry Capt. William H. Chester, 76th N.Y. Infantry Major Andrew J. Grover Capt. Robert B. Everett Capt. Robert Story Lieut. Philip Keeler Lieut. Robert C. Noxon, 80th N.Y. Infantry Capt. Joseph S. Corbin Capt. Ambrose N. Baldwin Lieut. George W. Brankstone, 82nd N.Y. Infantry Lt. Colonel James Huston Capt. Jonah C. Hoyt Lieut. John H. McDonald Lieut. John Cranston, N.Y. Infantry Capt. Thomas W. Quirk Lieut. Charles A. Clark, 86th N.Y. Infantry Capt. John N. Warner, 88th N.Y. Infantry Lieut. William McClelland, 97th N.Y. Infantry Lieut. Rush P. Cady Lieut. William J. Morrin Lieut. James H. Styles, 102nd N.Y. Infantry Capt. John Mead Lieut. Josiah V. Upham, 104th N.Y. Infantry Lieut. Thomas Johnston 108th N.Y. Infantry Lieut. Carl V. Amiet Lieut. Dayton T. Card Lieut. Robert Evans 111th N.Y. Infantry Lieut. John H. Drake Lieut. Augustus W. Proseus Lieut Erastus M. Granger, 119th N.Y. Infantry Capt. Otto Trumpelman Lieut. Emil Frost Lieut. Matthias Roseman, 120th N.Y. Infantry Capt. Ayres C. Barker Capt. Lansing Hollister Lieut. Michael E. Creighton Lieut. Jason Carle Lieut. William J. Cockburn Lieut. John R. Burhans Lieut. Frederick Freelewick Lieut. Edward H. Ketchum, 123rd N.Y. Infantry Capt. Norman F. Weer, 124th N.Y. Infantry Colonel A. Van Horn Ellis Major James Cromwell Capt. Isaac Nichols Lieut. J. Milnor Brown, 125th N.Y. Infantry Colonel George L. Willard Capt. Ephraim Wood, 126th N.Y. Infantry Colonel Eliakim Sherrill Capt. Isaac Shimer Capt. Orin J. Herendeen Capt. Charles M. Wheeler Lieut. Jacob Sherman Lieut. Rufus P. Holmes, 134th N.Y. Infantry Lieut. Henry I. Palmer Lieut. Lucius Mead, 137th N.Y. Infantry Capt. Oscar C. Williams Capt. Joseph H. Gregg Lieut. John H. Van Emburgh Lieut. Henry C. Hellett, 140th N.Y. Infantry Colonel Patrick H. O'Rorke Lieut. Charles P. Klein Lieut. Hugh McGraw, 147th N.Y. Infantry Lieut. William P. Schenck Lieut. David C. Van Dusen Lieut. Sylvester J. Taylor Lieut. Guilford D. Mace Lieut. Daniel McAssy, 157th N.Y. Infantry Lieut. Colonel George Arrowsmith Capt. Jason K. Backus Capt. Harrison Frank Capt. George A. Adams Lieut. Joseph F. Henry Lieut. Randall D. Lower, 1st U.S. Sharpshooters Capt. Charles D. McLean.

(Front):To the officers and soldiers
of the
State of New York
who fell in the
Battle of Gettysburg, July 1, 2, 3, 1863,
many of whom are here buried,
this monument is
erected by a grateful commonwealth.

Official return of casualties in the New York commands:
Killed: 82 officers, 912 enlisted men.
Wounded: 306 officers, 3763 enlisted men.
Captured or missing: 69 officers, 1685 enlisted men.

Groups of officers portrayed on bronze reliefs

Front:
Major Genl. D. E. Sickles of N.Y. (wounded)
Brig. Genl. J. B. Carr of N.Y.
Brig. Genl. J. H. H. Ward of N.Y.
Bvt. Maj. Genl. S.K. Zook of N.Y. (killed)
Brig. Genl. R. B. Ayers of N.Y.
Brig. Genl. S. H. Weed of N.Y. (killed)
Bvt. Brig. Genl. H. E. Tremain of N.Y.

Obverse:
Major Genl. H.W. Slocum of N.Y.
Maj. Gen. A. Pleasonton of D.C.
Brig. Genl. J.S. Wadsworth of N.Y.
Brig. Genl. G.S. Greene of N.Y.
Brig. Gen. H. J. Hunt of O.
Brig. Genl. J.J. Bartlett of N.Y.
Brig. Genl. D.A. Russel of N.Y.
Brig. Genl. A. Shaler of N.Y.
Col. H.A. Barnum of N.Y.

Right:
Maj. Genl. J.F. Reynolds of Pa. (killed)
Maj. Genl. A. Doubleday of N.Y. (wounded)
Brig. Genl. A. Von Steinwehr of N.Y.
Brig. Genl. F.C. Barlow of N.Y. (wounded)
Col. F.C. Devin of N.Y.

Left:
Maj.

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Genl. W.S. Hancock of Pa. (wounded)
Maj. Genl. D. Butterfield of N.Y. (wounded)
Maj. Genl. G. K. Warren of N.Y. (wounded)
Brig. Genl. J. Kilpatrick of N.Y.
Brig. Genl. A.S. Webb of N.Y. (wounded)
(Back):Officers from the State of New York, in United States Service,
who were killed or mortally wounded at Gettysburg
July 1, 2, 3, 1863:
General Officers
Bvt. Major Genl. Samuel K. Zook
Brig. Genl. Stephen H. Weed

8th N.Y. Cavalry
Capt. Charles D. Follett

2nd N.Y. Battery
Lieut. F.J.T. Blume

14th N.Y. Battery
Capt. James McKay Rorty

3rd U.S. Artillery
Lieut. Manning Livingston

4th U.S. Artillery
Lieut. Alonzo H. Cushing
Lieut. Bayard Wilkeson

11th U.S. Artillery
Lieut. Amaziah J. Barber

12th U.S. Infantry
Lieut. Silas A. Miller

39th N.Y. Infantry
Lieut. Theordore Pausch
Lieut. Adolph Wagner

40th N.Y. infantry
Lieut. William H.H, Johnson

41st N.Y. Infantry
Lieut. Rhinehold Winzer

43rd N.Y. Infantry
Capt. William H. Gilfillan

44th N.Y. Infantry
Capt. Lucius S. Larrabee
Lieut. Eugene L. Dunham
Lieut. Benjamin N. Thomas

52nd N.Y. Infantry
Major Edward Venuti

58th N.Y. Infantry
Capt. Gustave Stoldt
Capt. Edward Antonieski
Lieut. Louis Deitrich

59th N.Y. Infantry
Lt.

Front Plaque image. Click for full size.

Photographed By Craig Swain, December 27, 2008

2. Front Plaque

Colonel Max A. Thoman
Lieut. William H. Pohlman

60th N.Y. Infantry
Lieut. Myron D. Stanley

61st N.Y. Infantry
Lieut. Franklin K. Garland

64th N.Y. Infantry
Capt. Henry V. Fuller
Lieut. Alfred H. Lewis
Lieut. Willis C. Babcock
Lieut. Ira S. Thurber

66th N.Y. Infantry
Capt. George H. Inge
Capt. Elijah F. Munn

68th N.Y. Infantry
Capt. Otto Friedrich

71st N.Y. Infantry
Lieut. Andrew W. Estes

72nd N.Y. Infantry
Lieut. Charles A. Foss

73rd N.Y. Infantry
Capt. Eugene C. Shine
Lieut. Wiliam L. Herbert
Lieut. James Marksman
Lieut. George P. Dennen
Lieut. Martin E. Higgins

74th N.Y. Infantry
Capt. William H. Chester

76th N.Y. Infantry
Major Andrew J. Grover
Capt. Robert B. Everett
Capt. Robert Story
Lieut. Philip Keeler
Lieut. Robert C. Noxon

80th N.Y. Infantry
Capt. Joseph S. Corbin
Capt. Ambrose N. Baldwin
Lieut. George W. Brankstone

82nd N.Y. Infantry
Lt. Colonel James Huston
Capt. Jonah C. Hoyt
Lieut. John H. McDonald
Lieut. John Cranston

N.Y. Infantry
Capt. Thomas W. Quirk
Lieut. Charles A. Clark

86th N.Y. Infantry
Capt. John N. Warner

88th N.Y. Infantry
Lieut. William McClelland

97th N.Y. Infantry
Lieut. Rush P. Cady
Lieut. William J. Morrin
Lieut. James H. Styles

102nd

Photographed By Craig Swain, December 27, 2008

3. Back Plaque

N.Y. Infantry
Capt. John Mead
Lieut. Josiah V. Upham

104th N.Y. Infantry
Lieut. Thomas Johnston
108th N.Y. Infantry
Lieut. Carl V. Amiet
Lieut. Dayton T. Card
Lieut. Robert Evans
111th N.Y. Infantry
Lieut. John H. Drake
Lieut. Augustus W. Proseus
Lieut Erastus M. Granger

119th N.Y. Infantry
Capt. Otto Trumpelman
Lieut. Emil Frost
Lieut. Matthias Roseman

120th N.Y. Infantry
Capt. Ayres C. Barker
Capt. Lansing Hollister
Lieut. Michael E. Creighton
Lieut. Jason Carle
Lieut. William J. Cockburn
Lieut. John R. Burhans
Lieut. Frederick Freelewick
Lieut. Edward H. Ketchum

123rd N.Y. Infantry
Capt. Norman F. Weer

124th N.Y. Infantry
Colonel A. Van Horn Ellis
Major James Cromwell
Capt. Isaac Nichols
Lieut. J. Milnor Brown

125th N.Y. Infantry
Colonel George L. Willard
Capt. Ephraim Wood

126th N.Y. Infantry
Colonel Eliakim Sherrill
Capt. Isaac Shimer
Capt. Orin J. Herendeen
Capt. Charles M. Wheeler
Lieut. Jacob Sherman
Lieut. Rufus P. Holmes

134th N.Y. Infantry
Lieut. Henry I. Palmer
Lieut. Lucius Mead

137th N.Y. Infantry
Capt. Oscar C. Williams
Capt. Joseph H. Gregg
Lieut. John H. Van Emburgh
Lieut. Henry C. Hellett

140th N.Y. Infantry
Colonel Patrick H. O'Rorke
Lieut. Charles P. Klein
Lieut.

Artwork at the Base of the Shaft image. Click for full size.

Photographed By Craig Swain, December 27, 2008

4. Artwork at the Base of the Shaft

Hugh McGraw

147th N.Y. Infantry
Lieut. William P. Schenck
Lieut. David C. Van Dusen
Lieut. Sylvester J. Taylor
Lieut. Guilford D. Mace
Lieut. Daniel McAssy

157th N.Y. Infantry
Lieut. Colonel George Arrowsmith
Capt. Jason K. Backus
Capt. Harrison Frank
Capt. George A. Adams
Lieut. Joseph F. Henry
Lieut. Randall D. Lower

1st U.S. Sharpshooters
Capt. Charles D. McLean

Erected 1893 by State of New York.

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

Location. 39° 49.248′ N, 77° 13.835′ W. Marker is in Gettysburg, Pennsylvania, in Adams County. Marker is on Baltimore Pike (State Highway 97), on the right when traveling south. Located at the north end of the Gettysburg National Cemetery. 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. Fifth New York Independent Battery (within shouting distance of this marker); Major General John Reynolds (within shouting distance of this marker); The American Legion Tablet (within shouting distance of this marker); 75th Pennsylvania Volunteers (within shouting distance of this marker); Battery I, First Ohio Artillery

Front or South Bronze Relief image. Click for full size.

Photographed By Craig Swain, February 21, 2009

5. Front or South Bronze Relief

(within shouting distance of this marker); ...broken by gunfire... (within shouting distance of this marker); Fifth New York Light Artillery (about 300 feet away, measured in a direct line); A Few Appropriate Remarks (about 300 feet away). Touch for a list and map of all markers in Gettysburg.

Also see . . .
1. New York Civil War Units. A listing of units from New York which served in the Civil War. (Submitted on March 8, 2009, by Craig Swain of Leesburg, Virginia.)

2. New York State Archives Database of Civil War Soldiers. (Submitted on March 8, 2009, by Craig Swain of Leesburg, Virginia.)

Right or East Bronze Relief image. Click for full size.

Photographed By Craig Swain, February 21, 2009

6. Right or East Bronze Relief

Obverse or North Bronze Relief image. Click for full size.

Photographed By Craig Swain, December 27, 2008

7. Obverse or North Bronze Relief

Left or West Bronze Relief image. Click for full size.

Photographed By Craig Swain, December 27, 2008

8. Left or West Bronze Relief

New York State Monument image. Click for full size.

Photographed By Brian Scott, September 22, 2015

9. New York State Monument

New York State Monument<br>Crowned by the Statue of New York image. Click for full size.

Photographed By Brian Scott, September 22, 2015

10. New York State Monument
Crowned by the Statue of New York

New York State Monument Column image. Click for full size.

Photographed By Brian Scott, September 22, 2015

11. New York State Monument Column

Photographed By Brian Scott, September 22, 2015

12. New York State Monument Column

Photographed By Brian Scott, September 22, 2015

13. New York State Monument

Based on Trajan's Column in Rome, the New York State Monument faces the New York section of Soldiers' National Cemetery. Standing 93 feet high, the statue atop the column is 13 feet tall. The cost of the monument was $59,095.03.

New York State Monument Base image. Click for full size.

Photographed By Brian Scott, September 22, 2015

14. New York State Monument Base

Photographed By Bradley Owen, June 23, 2012

15. New York State Memorial

Viewed from the neighboring Evergreen Cemetery.

Credits. This page was last revised on August 20, 2022. It was originally submitted on March 8, 2009, by Craig Swain of Leesburg, Virginia. This page has been viewed 2,540 times since then and 45 times this year. Last updated on August 19, 2022, by Carl Gordon Moore Jr. of North East, Maryland. Photos: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8. submitted on March 8, 2009, by Craig Swain of Leesburg, Virginia. 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14. submitted on November 24, 2015, by Brian Scott of Anderson, South Carolina. 15. submitted on March 16, 2021, by Bradley Owen of Morgantown, West Virginia. • Bernard Fisher was the editor who published this page.