Union monuments at Gettysburg > Pennsylvania > Infantry
(42nd Pennsylvania Volunteer Infantry Regiment)
“Bucktails” “1st Rifles”
The monument to the 13th Pennsylvania Reserves is south of Gettysburg on Ayers Avenue. (Ayers Avenue – Loop tour map) It was dedicated by the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania in 1890.
Monument to the 13th Pennsylvania Reserves at Gettysburg
The 13th Pennsylvania was commanded at the Battle of Gettysburg by Colonel Charles F. Taylor. He was killed on July 2nd, and Major William R. Hartshorne then took command. A nearby monument to Colonel Charles F. Taylor marks where he was killed.
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Sergeant James B. Thompson of Company G was awarded the Medal of Honor for his actions on July 3rd when he captured the flag of the 15th Georgia. |
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From the front of the monument:
Bucktails
From the tablet on the right side of the monument:
13th Pennsylvania Reserves
(1st Rifles) 42d Infantry
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1st Brigade 3d Division 5th Corps
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Mustered in May 28 – June 11 1861
Mustered out June 11 1864
Recruited in Tioga Perry Camron Warren Carbon
Elk Chester McLean and Clearfield Counties
Present at Gettysburg 30 officers and 319 men
Killed and died of wounds 2 officers and 9 men
Wounded 8 officers and 27 men
Captured or missing 2 men
Total enrollment 1200
Killed and died of wounds 11 officers and 151 men
Died of disease etc. 1 ” ” 92 ”
Wounded 29 ” ” 395 ”
Captured or missing 12 ” ” 243 ”
(total) 53 ” ” 881 ”
Total casualties 934
From the tablet on the left side of the monument:
Dranesville Strasburg Woodstock Mount Jackson
Harrisonburg Cross Keys Mechanicsville Gaines’
Mill Glendale or New Market Cross Roads
Malvern Hill Catlett’s Station
Groveton 2d Bull Run South Mountain
Antietam Fredericksburg Gettysburg
Bristoe Station Rappahannock Station
Mine Run Wilderness Spotsylvania North Anna
Totopotomoy Bethesda Church
July 2nd in the evening charged from the hill in rear to this position and held it until the afternoon of July 3rd when the Brigade advanced through the woods to the front and left driving the enemy and capturing many prisoners.
See more on the history of the 13th Pennsylvania Reserves in the Civil War
Location of the monument to the 13th Pennsylvania Reserves at Gettysburg
The monument to the 13th Pennsylvania Reserves is south of Gettysburg in the loop of Ayers Avenue about 0.2 mile south of Wheatfield Road. Ayers Avenue is one way southbound. (39°47’42.9″N 77°14’28.9″W)