Union monuments at Gettysburg > New York > Infantry
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The monument to the 60th New York Infantry Regiment and a position marker for its Company I are southeast of Gettysburg on Culp’s Hill. (Culp’s Hill North tour map) The monument was dedicated in 1888 and the marker in 1889 by the State of New York.
The 60th New York Infantry was commanded at the Battle of Gettysburg by Colonel Abel Godard. It brought 273 men to the field, losing 11 killed and 41 wounded.
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Text from the front of the monument:
60th New York Infantry.
3d Brig. 2d Div. 12th Corps.
View of the rear of the Monument
From the rear of the monument:
July 2d and 3d 1863.
Casualties,
Killed 11, wounded 41.
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Principal Engagements.
Antietam.
Chancellorsville.
Gettysburg.
Lookout Mountain.
Ringgold.
Atlanta.
Marker for Company I of the 60th New York Infantry at Gettysburg
Text from the marker to Company I:
July 2 and 3 1863
Company “I” 60th New York Infantry
Captain Jesse H Jones
First Sergeant James Brown
Sergeants
Jarvis P Blount Chas Gray killed
Wm. Leahy D E Nash
Corporals
Geo Courtney Peter McDonald killed
Lewis C. Peck Julius Rising
A R Townsend klled Fred S. Winslow
Enlisted men
Laban Babcock J M Brownson
J E Chaffee N J Chaffee
H W Davis David DeCair
Thos Debuke Bateman Fiske
Rufus Fiske Palmer Hartson
Follett Johnson Dennis Leahy
Samuel Lebrake Patrick Maley
Geo Matthews Thos N Murphy
William Murphy killed
Judson Nobles C O Pease
Nelson Peck James Poquet
Joseph Reagan Philo Sheldon
Cas E Waist Myron A Ward
Location of the monument
The monument to the 60th New York is just south of the summit of Culp’s Hill on a trail about 30 yards south of the monument to General Green. <39°49’10.8″N 77°13’12.3″W>