Dedicated on September 17, 1904, the monument to the 51st Pennsylvania Infantry is on Branch Avenue. see map
The regiment was commanded at Antietam by Colonel John F. Hartranft.
From the monument:
51st
PENNSYLVANIA
VOLUNTEERINFANTRY
2nd Brigade 2nd Division
9th Corps
Location 385 yds South
70 Degrees East
Casualties at Antietam
Killed 21
Wounded 99
Total 120
Recruited in Montgomery
Northampton Union Centre
Lycoming and Snyder
Counties
Battles participated in
Roanoke Island
Newbern Camden
Second Bull Run
Chantilly
South Mountain
Antietam
Fredericksburg
Vicksburg Jackson
Cambell's Station
Knoxville Wilderness
Spotsylvania
North Anna Cold Harbor
Petersburg The Crater
Reams Station
Weldon Railroad
Hatcher's Run
Assault on Petersburg
see enlargement of bas relief
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