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The monument to the 155th Pennsylvania Volunteer Infantry Regiment is south of Gettysburg near the summit of Little Round Top. (Little Round Top tour map)
About the monument to the 155th Pennsylvania Infantry
The granite monument stands just under sixteen feet high and was dedicated on September 17, 1886. Funding was provided by members of the regiment and their friends. Its original design did not include a statue.
In 1889 the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania provided $1500 for each state regiment to provide monuments at Gettysburg. While many other regiments that already had monuments elected to use their funds to erect a second monument, the survivors of the 155th Pennsylvania decided to use the funds to add a statue to the top of the existing monument.
The statue was to be in the Zouave uniform, even though the regiment did not wear that uniform at Gettysburg. The 155th earned the right to wear the uniform in the months after the battle due to its proficiency in drill, and it was such a source of pride that the survivors felt it to be an important part of the identity of the regiment. Gettysburg veteran Samuel W. Hill of Company F posed for the statue, which was dedicated on September 17, 1889.
The Zouave statue faces toward the enemy at the foot of Little Round Top and away from the front of the statue.
A third dedication was held on September 17, 2005, by Descendants, Reenactors & Friends of the 155th, who provided $7,000 worth of repairs and restoration of the monument. Since that time the monument has again been vandalized, with the tip of the statue’s musket broken off.
The 155th Pennsylvania at Gettysburg
The 155th Pennsylvania was commanded at the Battle of Gettysburg by Lt. Colonel John H. Cain of Pittsburgh. It brought 424 men to the field, losing six killed and 13 wounded.
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Attached to the 3rd Brigade, 2nd Division, 5th Corps, Army of the Potomac |  |
From the front of the monument:
155th Pa. Vols.
Position occupied
July 2nd, 3rd & 4th 1863.
Organized at Pittsburg Sept. 2d 1862
Mustered Out of Service June 6th 1865.
From the left (south) side of the monument:
3rd Brigade
Antietam, Fredericksburg, Channcellorsville,
Gettysburg, Rappahannock Station,
Mine Run, Wilderness, Laurel Hill,
Spottsylvania, North Anna River, Tolopotomy.
From the right (north) side of the monument:
5th Corps
Bethesda Church,
Cold Harbor, Petersburg,
Weldon R.R., Peebles Farm,
Hatchers Run, Boydton Plank Road,
Quaker Road, White Oak Road,
Five Forks, Sailors Creek,
Appomattox
Rear view of the monument to the 155th Pennsylvania Infantry
From the rear of the monument:
2nd Division
Engaged in 33 Battles.
Killed in Action-134.
Wounded-350.
Died of Disease
and Wounds-167.
This Pedestal Errected by Surviors
1886
See more on the history of the 155th Pennsylvania Volunteer Infantry Regiment in the Civil War
Location of the monument to the 155th Pennsylvania Infantry at Gettysburg
The monument to the 155th Pennsylvania Infantry Regiment is south of Gettysburg on the west side of Sykes Avenue near the summit of Little Round Top. (39°47’34.7″N 77°14’11.4″W)