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Organization of the 6th Corps of the Army of the Potomac in the Battle of Gettysburg.

The 6th Corps had 37 infantry regiments and 8 artillery batteries at the Battle of Gettysburg, organized into 3 divisions of two or three brigades each and an artillery brigade.

6th Corps (monument)
Major General John Sedgwick (bio) (monument) strength: 13,600 men, 48 guns
casualties: 27 killed, 185 wounded, 30 missing, 242 total

Headquarters escort
1st New Jersey Cavalry, Company L
Captain William S. Craft

1st Pennsylvania Cavalry, Company H



1st Division (monument)
Brigadier General Horatio G. Wright
strength: 4,210 men
casualties: 1 killed, 17 wounded, 18 total


1st Brigade (monument)
Brigadier General Alfred T.A. Torbert
strength: 1,320 men
casualties: 0 killed, 11 wounded, 0 missing, 11 total

1st New Jersey Infantry Regiment (monument)
Lieutenant Colonel William Henry, Jr.

2nd New Jersey Infantry Regiment (monument)
Lieutenant Colonel Charles Wiebecke

3rd New Jersey Infantry Regiment (monument)
Colonel Henry W. Brown

15th New Jersey Infantry Regiment (monument)
Colonel William Henry Penrose

*4th New Jersey Infantry was detached as 1st Division Provost Guard (3 companies) and as Reserve Artillery Train Guard (7 companies)


2nd Brigade (monument)
Brigadier General Joseph J. Bartlett
strength: 1,325 men
casualties:1 killed, 4 wounded, 0 missing, 5 total

5th Maine Infantry Regiment (monument)
Colonel Clark S. Edwards

121st New York Infantry Regiment (monument)
Colonel Emory Upton

95th Pennsylvania Infantry Regiment (monument)
Lieutenant Colonel Edward Carroll

96th Pennsylvania Infantry Regiment (monument)
Major William H. Lessig


3rd Brigade (monument)
Brigadier General David A. Russell
strength: 1,485 men
casualties:0 killed, 2 wounded, 0 missing, 2 total

6th Maine Infantry Regiment (monument)
Colonel Hiram Burnham

49th Pennsylvania Infantry Battalion (Companies A-D) (monument)
Lieutenant Colonel Thomas M. Hulings

119th Pennsylvania Infantry Regiment (monument)
Colonel Peter C. Ellmaker

5th Wisconsin Infantry Regiment (monument)
Colonel Thomas S. Allen



2nd Division (monument)

Brigadier General Albion Howe
strength: 3,610 men
casualties: 2 killed, 12 wounded, 2 missing, 16 total


2nd Brigade (monument)
Colonel Lewis A. Grant
strength: 1,830 men
casualties: 1 wounded, 1 total

2nd Vermont Infantry Regiment (monument)
Colonel James H. Walbridge

3rd Vermont Infantry Regiment (monument)
Colonel Thomas O. Seaver

4th Vermont Infantry Regiment (monument)
Colonel Charles B. Stoughton

5th Vermont Infantry Regiment (monument)
Lieutenant Colonel John Randolph Lewis

6th Vermont Infantry Regiment (monument)
Colonel Elisha L. Barney


3rd Brigade (monument)
Brigadier General Thomas H. Neill
strength: 1,775 men
casualties: 2 killed, 11 wounded, 2 missing, 15 total

7th Maine Infantry (Companies B, C, D, F, I & K)  (monument)
Colonel Selden Connor

43rd New York Infantry Regiment (monument)
Lieutenant Colonel John Wilson

49th New York Infantry Regiment (monument)
Colonel Daniel D. Bidwell

77th New York Infantry Regiment (monument)
Lieutenant Colonel Winsor B. French

61st Pennsylvania Infantry Regiment (monument)
Lieutenant Colonel George F. Smith



3rd Division (monument)
Major General John Newton (to 1st Corps, July 2)
Major General Frank Wheaton
strength: 4,740 men
casualties: 20 killed, 148 wounded, 28 missing, 196 total


1st Brigade (monument)
Brigadier General Alexander Shaler
strength: 1,770 men
casualties: 15 killed, 56 wounded, 3 missing, 74 total

65th New York Infantry Regiment (monument)
Colonel Joseph E. Hamblin

67th New York Infantry Regiment (monument)
Colonel Nelson Cross

122nd New York Infantry Regiment (monument)
Colonel Silus Titus

23rd Pennsylvania Infantry Regiment (monument)
Lieutenant Colonel John F. Glenn

82nd Pennsylvania (monument)
Colonel Isaac C.M. Bassett


2nd Brigade (monument)
Colonel Henry L. Eustis
strength: 1,595 men
casualties: 3 killed, 41 wounded, 25 missing, 69 total

7th Massachusetts Infantry Regiment (monument)
Lieutenant Colonel Franklin P. Harlow

10th Massachusetts Infantry Regiment (monument)
Lieutenant Colonel Joseph B. Parsons

37th Massachusetts Infantry Regiment (monument)
Colonel Oliver Edwards

2nd Rhode Island Infantry Regiment (monument)
Colonel Horatio Rogers, Jr.


3rd Brigade (monument)
Brigadier General Frank Wheaton (^ July 2)
Colonel David J. Nevin
strength: 1,370 men
casualties: 2 killed, 51 wounded, 0 missing, 53 total

62nd New York Infantry Regiment (monument)
Colonel David J. Nevin (^ July 2)
Lieutenant Colonel Theodore B. Hamilton

93rd Pennsylvania Infantry Regiment (monument)
Major John I. Nevin

98th Pennsylvania Infantry Regiment (monument)
Major John B. Kohler

102nd Pennsylvania Infantry Regiment (detached guarding trains) (monument)
Colonel John W. Patterson

139th Pennsylvania Infantry Regiment (monument)
Colonel Frederick H. Collier (wounded July 3)
Lieutenant Colonel William H. Moody



Artillery Brigade (monument)
Colonel Charles H. Tompkins
strength: 937 men, 48 guns
casualties: 4 killed, 8 wounded, 12 total

1st Massachusetts Battery (monument)
Captain William H. McCartney
6 Napoleons

1st New York Independent Battery (monument)
Captain Andrew Cowan
6 3″ Ordnance Rifles

3rd New York Independent Battery (monument)
Captain William A. Harn
6 10-pounder Parrott Rifles

Rhode Island Battery C (not engaged – no monument)
Captain Richard Waterman
6 3″ Ordnance Rifles

Rhode Island Battery G (not engaged – no monument)
Captain George W. Adams
6 10-pounder Parrott Rifles

2nd United States Artillery, Battery D (monument)
1st Lieutenant Edward B. Williston
6 10-pounder Parrott Rifles

2nd United States Artillery, Battery G (monument)
1st Lieutenant John H. Butler
6 Napoleons

5th United States Artillery, Battery F (monument)
1st Lieutenant Leonard Martin
6 10-pounder Parrott Rifles

*Note – The Second Division had no 1st Brigade at Gettysburg.