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The monument to the 145th Pennsylvania Volunteer Infantry Regiment is south of Gettysburg on Brooke Avenue in the Rose Woods. (Brooke Avenue tour map)
Monument to the 145th Pennsylvania Infantry at Gettysburg
The 145th Pennsylvania at Gettysburg
The 145th Pennsylvania was commanded at the Battle of Gettysburg by Colonel Hiram L. Brown. He was wounded during the fighting on the 2nd, and Captain John W. Reynolds took command until he, too was wounded. Captain Moses Oliver then took over.
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See Captain Reynolds’ Official Report for the 145th Pennsylvania at Gettysburg.
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Attached to the 4th Brigade, 1st Division, 2nd Corps, Army of the Potomac |  |
About the monument to the 145th Pennsylvania Infantry
The monument consists of a 10′ 9″ tall statue of a young infantryman going into action set atop a tapered granite base. A tablet of the state Coat of Arms is set into the front of the base at its top. The double trefoil symbol of the Second Corps is on the top of both sides. The monument was dedicated on September 11, 1889 by the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania.
From the front of the monument:
July 2nd. In the evening about
5 O’Clock the Regiment with
the Brigade charged from the
northerly side of the Wheat
field driving the enemy and
capturing many prisoners.
This position was held until
the command was outflanked
when it retired under orders.
July 3. The Regiment was
in position on the left
center with the Division.
Present at Gettysburg
228 officers and men.
Killed and mortally wounded
3 officers 21 men.
Wounded 9 officers 50 men.
Captured or missing 10 men.
145th Pennsylvania Infantry
4th Brig. 1st Div. 2nd Corps
From the left side of the monument:
Recruited in Erie,
Warren, Crawford,
and Mercer Counties.
Total enrollment
1460.
Killed and
mortally wounded
18 officers 175 men.
Died of disease & c.
3 officers 224 men.
Wounded
23 officers 364 men.
Captured or missing
17 officers 367 men.
From the right side of the monument:
Antietam
Fredericksburg
Gettysburg
Bristoe Station
Mine Run
Wilderness
Spotsylvania
North Anna
Totopotomoy
Cold Harbor
Petersburg
Strawberry Plains
Deep Bottom
Reams Station
Hatcher’s Run
South Side R.R.
Farmville
Appomattox
Location of the monument to the 145th Pennsylvania Infantry at Gettysburg
The monument to the 145th Pennsylvania is south of Gettysburg in the Rose Woods on the east side of Brooke Avenue. (39°47’44.2″N 77°14’49.6″W)
See more on the history of the 145th Pennsylvania Volunteer Infantry Regiment in the Civil War