Union monuments at Gettysburg • Maine
There are two monuments to the 4th Maine Volunteer Infantry Regiment south of Gettysburg. The main monument is at the Devil’s Den (Devil’s Den tour map). A smaller marker is on the east side of Hancock Avenue across from the Copse of Trees. (Hancock Avenue at The Angle tour map)
Colonel Elijah Walker commanded the 4th Maine Gettysburg, He also designed the regiment’s Devil’s Den monument. Colonel Walker was wounded on July 2nd, and Captain Edwin Libby took command. The regiment It brought 332 men to the field.
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The 4th Maine Monument at Devil’s Den
The regiment fought here in the afternoon of July 2nd.
The view looks north from in front of the Devil’s Den up the Valley of Death. Houck’s Ridge is on the left.
Text from the front of the five-sided Devil’s Den monument:
4th Maine Infantry
Colonel Elijah Walker
From the right front of the monument:
3d Corps
1st Division
2d Brigade
From the right rear of the monument:
22 killed and died
38 wounded
56 missing
From the left rear of the monument:
Erected by
the State of Maine
From the left front of the monument:
In remembrance
of our casualties
July 2d, 1863
Right flank marker for the 4th Maine in the Devil’s Den
Location of the main monument to the 4th Maine Infantry at Gettysburg
The main monument to the 4th Maine is south of Gettysburg at the Devil’s Den just north of the eastern end of the parking area along Sickles Avenue. (39°47’30.8″N 77°14’29.1″W)
The 4th Maine Monument on Cemetery Ridge (Hancock Avenue)
The marker shows the regiment’s location supporting the Union defensive line during Pickett’s Charge
From the front of the Hancock Avenue marker:
4th Maine Regiment
From the left (north) side of the market:
July 2 engaged at Devil’s Den.
Colonel Elijah Walker
in command wounded.
From the right (south) side of the marker:
July 3 in support here.
Captain Edwin Libby in command.
Location of the position marker for the 4th Maine at Gettysburg
The Hancock Avenue marker to the 4th Maine is south of Gettysburg on the east side of Hancock Avenue directly across from the Copse of Trees. (39°48’45.0″N 77°14’07.0″W)