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Harper's Weekly cover, July 11, 1863: "Major-General George G. Meade, the New Commander of the Army of the Potomac — Photographed by Brady". The Union order of battle during the Battle of Gettysburg includes the American Civil War officers and men of the Army of the Potomac (multiple commander names indicate succession of command during the three-day battle (July 1–3, 1863)).
Regiments and Others McLaws' Division MG Lafayette McLaws. Kershaw's Brigade: BG Joseph B. Kershaw. 2nd South Carolina: Col John D. Kennedy (w), Ltc Franklin Gaillard, Maj William Wallace (w) 3rd South Carolina: Ltc David Langston (k), Maj Robert C. Maffett, Col James D. Nance [4] 7th South Carolina: Col David W. Aiken, Ltc Elbert Bland (w)
The main and namesake battle of the campaign was the Battle of Gettysburg, which was fought from July 1 to July 3 in and around the town of Gettysburg, Pennsylvania. The battle involved the largest number of casualties of the entire war and is often described as a turning point of the civil war. The Medal of Honor was awarded to 71 Union ...
111th New York Infantry Regiment Guidon The monument to the 111th New York Volunteers at Gettysburg. The 111th New York Infantry Regiment was organized at Auburn, New York, to answer the call by Abraham Lincoln for 300,000 more troops to fight in the American Civil War. Over the next three years, this regiment lost the fifth greatest number of ...
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This is a list of American Civil War units, consisting of those established as federally organized units as well as units raised by individual states and territories. Many states had soldiers and units fighting for both the United States ( Union Army ) and the Confederate States ( Confederate States Army ).
The Pennsylvania State Memorial [2] is a monument in Gettysburg National Military Park that commemorates the 34,530 Pennsylvania soldiers who fought in the July 1 to 3, 1863 Battle of Gettysburg during the American Civil War. The memorial stands along Cemetery Ridge, the Union battle line on July 2, 1863. [3]
During this time, the regiment fought a series of small skirmishes around Beverly, Grafton, and Romney in the Appalachians, but saw no serious combat. On March 1, 1862, the 8th Ohio moved to Winchester, Virginia, located in the Shenandoah Valley. There the regiment was brigaded with the 4th Ohio, 14th Indiana, and 7th West Virginia Infantry.