Union Headquarters monuments > 6th Corps
The monument to the 3rd Division of the 6th Corps is south of Gettysburg on Sedgwick Avenue. (Sedgwick Avenue tour map)
Monument to the 3rd Division, 6th corps at Gettysburg
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Attached to the Sixth Corps, Army of the Potomac.
The Third Division flag is the corps symbol, a Greek cross, in blue on a white background. |
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From the monument
Army of the Potomac
Sixth Corps
Third Division
Major General John Newton
Brig. General Frank Wheaton
First Brigade Gen. Alex Shaler
Second Brigade Col. Henry L. Eustis
Third Brigade Col. David J. Nevin
July 2. Arrived about 2 P.M. and late in the day marched toward the north slope of Little Round Top. Third Brigade with Second Brigade First Division went into action at sunset on the right of First Brigade Third Division Fifth Corps on the northwest slope of Little Round Top and the combined force drove the advancing Confederates back down the slope across Plum Run marsh and a hundred yards up the slope beyond. First and Second Brigades were in reserve on the northeast slope of Little Round Top.
July 3. First Brigade was ordered to the left and at 8 A.M. to the support of Second Division Twelfth Corps on the right. Second Brigade was sent to the right centre to report to Gen. Newton. The Third Brigade remained under the command of Gen. Bartlett supporting First Brigade Third Division Fifth Corps in the vicinity of the Wheatfield.
Casualties Killed 1 Officer 19 Men Wounded 12 Officers 136 Men Captured or Missing 28 Men Total 196
Major General John Newton
Major General John Newton commanded the division at the Battle of Gettysburg. Newton (West Point Class of 1842), was a career Engineer officer from Norfolk, Virginia. Newton was transferred to command of the 1st Corps on July 2nd to replace Abner Doubleday, the senior division commander of the corps who had taken the place of John Reynolds, who was killed on July 1st. Brigadier General Frank Wheaton took over the 3rd Division, whose three brigades were split up as support in different sectors of the battlefield and suffered minimal casualties.
Union Major General John Newton
Location of the monument
The monument is south of Gettysburg on the east side of Sedgwick Avenue. It is about 450 feet south of the intersection with United States Avenue.