121st Regiment
Monument at Gettysburg

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Taken from Final Report on the Battlefield of Gettysburg (New York at Gettysburg) by the New York Monuments Commission for the Battlefields of Gettysburg and Chattanooga. Albany, NY: J.B. Lyon Company, 1902.

INSCRIPTIONS
Front - 121ST N. Y. INFANTRY, (COL. EMORY UPTON) 2D BRIG. 1ST DIV. 6TH CORPS. HELD THIS POSITION FROM EVENING OF JULY 2D 1863, UNTIL CLOSE OF BATTLE.
Left Side - 1862: CRAMPTON'S PASS, FREDERICKSBURG;
1863: MARYE'S HEIGHTS, SALEM CHURCH SALEM HEIGHTS, GETTYSBURG RAPPAHANNOCK STATION, MINE RUN;
1864: WILDERNESS, SPOTSYLVANIA C. H., NORTH ANNA, TOTOPOTOMOY, COLD HARBOR, PETERSBURG, FORT STEVENS D. C., SUMMIT POINT, WINCHESTER, FISHER'S HILL, NEW MARKET, CEDAR CREEK;
1865: HATCHER'S RUN, PETERSBURG (FORT FISHER), PETERSBURG (ASSAULT), SAILOR'S CREEK, APPOMATTOX C. H. APRIL 9, 1865.
Right Side - ORGANIZED IN HERKIMER AND OTSEGO COUNTIES. MUSTERED IN AUG. 23, 1862. OFFICERS 30, MEN 910. JOINED BY TRANSFER, RECRUITS, ETC., OFFICERS 21, MEN 425. CASUALTIES KILLED AND MORTALLY WOUNDED OFFICERS 14, MEN 212. WOUNDED OFFICERS 27, MEN 596. DIED OF DISEASE OFFICERS 4, MEN 117. DISCHARGED FOR WOUNDS, DISEASE ETC. OFFICERS 37, MEN 283. TRANSFERRED TO OTHER COMMANDS OFFICERS 12, MEN 262. MUSTERED OUT JUNE 25, 1865. OFFICERS 25, MEN 283.

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