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The monument to the 1st Brigade, 3rd Division, 11th Corps is north of Gettysburg on Howard Avenue. (Howard Avenue West tour map)
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Monument to the 1st Brigade, 3rd Division, 11th Corps at Gettysburg
From the marker
Army of the Potomac
Eleventh Corps Third Division
First Brigade
Brig. Gen. Alex Schimmelfennig
Col. George Von Amsberg
82d Illinois 45th 157th New York
61st Ohio 74th Pennsylvania Infantry
July 1. Arrived 1 P. M. and advanced to connect with the right of First Corps on Oak Hill but was met by heavy artillery and musketry fire and after being engaged between two and three hours and pressed closely upon the front and flank by superior numbers the Brigade was compelled to retire with the Corps at 4 P. M. through the town to Cemetery Hill. The streets and alleys of the town became congested with the mass of infantry and artillery and many were captured. The Brigade formed and took position on Cemetery Hill between the First and Second Divisions of the corps.
July 2. At 4 P. M. the Brigade was subjected to a heavy artillery fire converging on Cemetery Hill. At dark a sudden attack was made on the right and the Brigade was sent to the support of Brig. Gen. A. Ames and returned after midnight except the 74th Penna. which remained under the command of Brig. Gen. Ames.
July 3. Skirmishing not engaged.
Casualties Killed 8 Officers 50 Men Wounded 20 Officers 276 Men Captured or Missing 28 Officers 425 Men Total 807
General Alexander Schimmelfennig
General Alexander Schimmelfennig commanded the brigade at the Battle of Gettysburg. Schimmelfennig was a Prussian Army officer who had fought against the Prussians in the 1848 revolution. During the retreat through Gettysburg on July 1st he was trapped by Confederates and forced to hide in the yard of the Garlach House on Baltimore Street. Colonel George Von Amsberg took over the brigade for the rest of the battle.
Brigadier General Alexander Schimmelfennig
Location of the monument to the 1st Brigade, 3rd Division, 11th Corps at Gettysburg
The monument is north of Gettysburg on the south side of Howard Avenue. It is about 700 feet east of the intersection with Mummasburg Road.