42nd 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 - 42ND NEW YORK INFANTRY. 3RD BRIGADE, 2ND DIVISION, 2ND CORPS. TAMMANY REGIMENT
Reverse - THIS REGIMENT WAS RAISED AND ORGANIZED BY COLONEL WILLIAM D. KENNEDY UNDER THE PATRONAGE OF THE TAMMANY SOCIETY, AND OF THE UNION DEFENCE COMMITTEE OF NEW YORK CITY.
Left Side - MUSTERED INTO U. S. SERVICE, JUNE 22, 1861. TOTAL ENROLLMENT 1,210. PARTICIPATED IN 19 BATTLES. KILLED 92, WOUNDED 328, MISSING 298. MUSTERED OUT JULY 13, 1864.
Right Side - JULY 2, 1863.— WENT TO SUPPORT OF 3D CORPS, ABOUT 5 P. M. HELD THIS POSITION JULY 3, AND ASSISTED IN REPULSING THE ASSAULT OF PICKETT'S DIVISION. CASUALTIES: KILLED 15, WOUNDED 55 MISSING 4.

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