123rd 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.

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Front - 123RD NEW YORK INFANTRY 1ST BRIGADE 1ST DIVISION 12TH CORPS. HISTORIC. THE I23RD N. Y. WAS ENLISTED IN WASHINGTON Co., IN AUG. 1862; MUSTERED INTO THE U. S. SERVICE SEPT. 4; JOINED THE ARMY OF THE POTOMAC AND WAS ENGAGED IN THE BATTLES OF CHANCELLORSVILLE AND GETTYSBURG; IN SEPT. 1863, TRANSFERRED TO THE ARMY OF THE CUMBERLAND; AND WAS ENGAGED IN THE CAMPAIGN OF ATLANTA, THE MARCH TO THE SEA, AND THE CAMPAIGN OF THE CAROLINAS; MUSTERED OUT AT WASHINGTON AT THE CLOSE OF THE WAR, JUNE 8, 1865.
Reverse - 123RD NEW YORK THE WASHINGTON COUNTY REGIMENT 12TH AND 20TH CORPS. ABOUT 100 YARDS IN FRONT OF THE LINE OF WORKS, A MARKER INDICATES THE POSITION OCCUPIED BY THE SKIRMISHERS OF THIS REGIMENT ON THE AFTERNOON OF JULY 3.
Right - CHANCELLORSVILLE, GETTYSBURG, RESACA, CASSVILLE, NEW HOPE CHURCH, LOST MOUNTAIN, PINE HILL, KENESAW, KOLB'S FARM, CHATTAHOOCHEE RIVER, PEACH TREE CREEK, ATLANTA, MONTEITH SWAMP, SAVANNAH, AVERASBOROUGH, BENTONVILLE, MOCCASIN SWAMP.
Left - SERVICE AT GETTYSBURG: JULY 1; MARCHED FROM LITTLESTOWN; FORMED LINE OF BATTLE ON WOLF HILL; BIVOUACKED NEAR BALTIMORE PIKE; JULY 2, ADVANCED TO THIS LINE AND BUILT A HEAVY BREASTWORK OF LOGS. AT ABOUT 6 P. M. MOVED TO SUPPORT THE LEFT NEAR LlTTLE ROUND TOP; RETURNING IN THE NIGHT, FOUND BREASTWORKS IN POSSESSION OF ENEMY, AS NO TROOPS WERE LEFT TO OCCUPY THEM. JULY 3, AT ABOUT 11 A. M. MADE A CHARGE AND RECOVERED THESE WORKS; ABOUT 4 p. M. MOVED TO SUPPORT LINE THEN REPELLING PICKETT'S. CHARGE; A LITTLE LATER HAD A SHARP SKIRMISH IN FRONT OF THIS LINE; AT NIGHT REPELLED AN ATTACK WITH HEAVY LOSS TO THE ENEMY. JULY 4; MADE RECONNAISSANCE AROUND WOLF HLLL AND THROUGH GETTYSBURG OVER THE HANOVER ROAD.

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