Union monuments at Gettysburg > Michigan
The monument to the 5th Michigan Infantry Regiment is south of Gettysburg on Sickles Avenue. (Sickles Ave. at the Rose Woods tour map) The State of Michigan dedicated the monument in 1888.
Just behind the monument is a bronze tablet indicating the area was a field hospital for the 32nd Massachusetts Infantry during the battle.
Monument to the 5th Michigan Infantry at Gettysburg
Lieutenant Colonel John Pulford commanded the 5th Michigan at the Battle of Gettysburg. He was wounded on July 2nd, the third of five times during the war.
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Attached to the 3rd Brigade, 1st Division, 3rd Corps, Army of the Potomac |  |
Text from the front of the monument:
5th Mich. Inf.
Third Brigade First Division Third Corps
From the rear:
Effective strength July 2nd 1863
present and detached service
21 officers and 262 men total 283.
Casualties
Killed 2 officers, 17 men;
Wounded 8 officers 78 men
Missing 4 men
Total 109.
The Regiment fought here about 4:00 o’clock p.m. July 2nd 1863 after it had been assembled from the skirmish – line far in advance of this position. It moved to the support of the 2nd Corps in resisting Pickett’s charge July 3rd.
Mustered in U.S. service at Detroit Mich. August 28, 1861.
Mustered out at Jeffersonville Ind. July 5, 1865.
Total enrollment 1850 officers and men.
Killed in action Officers 10 Men 14
Died of wounds Officers 6 Men 75
Died of disease Officers 3 Men 163
Total 398
Engaged in 47 battles and skirmishes from Pohick Church Va. Jan, 9, 1862 to Appomattox Va. Apr. 9, 1865.
Monuments along Sickles Avenue as it climbs the Stony Hill, seen from in from of the Irish Brigade monument. From R to L, 5th Michigan, 66th New York (in center), headquarters of the 2nd Corps, 1st Division, 3rd Brigade, and 52nd New York
Location of the monument to the 5th Michigan Infantry at Gettysburg
The monument to the 5th Michigan is south of Gettysburg on the north side of Sickles Avenue just before the Loop on the Stony Hill. Sickles Avenue is one way north and west, and must be entered from Ayers Avenue or the Devil’s Den area. (39°47’49.9″N 77°14’41.9″W)