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Union Headquarters monuments > 3rd Corps > 1st Division

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The monument to the 1st Brigade, 1st Division, 3rd Corps is south of Gettysburg on Emmitsburg Road. (Emmitsburg Rd. & Sickles Ave tour map.)

Brigadier General Charles K. Graham commanded the brigade at the Battle of Gettysburg. Graham was wounded in the hip and shoulders on July 2nd and was captured. He would be exchanged for Confederate Brigadier General James Kemper in September. Colonel Andrew H. Tippin of the 68th Pennsylvania Infantry took command after Graham was wounded .

Attached to the 1st Division, 3rd Corps, Army of the Potomac

From the monument

Army of the Potomac
Third Corps First Division 
First Brigade
Brig. Gen. Charles K. Graham
Col. Andrew H. Tippin
57th (8 Cos.) 63d 68th 105th 114th 141st
Pennsylvania Infantry

July 1. Arrived between 5 and 6 P. M.

July 2. The Corps having relieved Second Division Twelfth Corps in the morning the Brigade took position on the right of the Division connecting with Second Division on the right. Between 2 and 3 P. M. advanced to the Emmitsburg Road and took position at the Peach Orchard supported by 3d Maine 3d Michigan 2d New Hampshire and 7th New Jersey. About 3 P. M. artillery opened on the Confederate columns moving to the left and soon thereafter the Confederate artillery replied and later the Brigade was attacked by Major Gen. McLaws’s Division and forced back by superior numbers in front and on the flanks and at sunset it fell back with the Division. Brig. Gen. Graham was wounded and captured at the Peach Orchard.

July 3. The Brigade was in reserve during the day.

Casualties Killed 6 Officers 61 Men Wounded 45 Officers 463 Men Captured or Missing 6 Officers 159 Men Total 740

Location of the monument

The monument is south of Gettysburg on the east side of Emmitsburg Road, across from the Sherfy farm. It is about 200 feet south of the intersection with United States Avenus. (39°48’13.5″N 77°14’54.0″W)