Monuments to Individuals at Gettysburg


The monument to Captain Jedediah Chapman is south of Gettysburg along the north side of DeTrobriand Road on the south edge of the Wheatfield. (Tour map: DeTrobriand Avenue – the Wheatfield) Captain Chapman was killed leading a company in the charge of the 27th Connecticut across The Wheatfield on July 2.

2nd Corps Headquarters Flag Attached to the
27th Connecticut Infantry, 4th Brigade,
1st Division2nd Corps, Army of the Potomac
2C-1D
Monument to Union Captain jedediah Chapman at Gettysburg

The view looks north from DeTrobriand Avenue into the south end of the Wheatfield.

From the monument:

Here fell
Jed. Chapman
Capt. Co. H.
27th Conn. Vols.