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97th 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 - 97TH NEW YORK INFANTRY, 2D BRIGADE 2D DIVISION 1ST
CORPS.
Reverse - HELD THE ENEMY IN CHECK HERE FROM 12:30 TO 3 P.
M., JULY 1, 1863. DURING THIS TIME CHARGED ACROSS THE FIELD TO THE WEST, ASSISTING
IN CAPTURING IVERSON'S BRIGADE, AND SECURING FLAG OF 20TH N. C.
Left Side - JULY 2 AND 3 ENGAGED ON CEMETERY HLLL, AND AT
ZIEGLER'S GROVE. CASUALTIES KILLED 12 WOUNDED 36 MISSING 78
Right Side - (CONKLING RIFLES) ORGANIZED AND COMMANDED BY
COL. CHAS. WHEELOCK, OF BOONVILLE, N. Y.
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Regiment During the Civil War
New York State Division of Military and Naval Affairs: Military History
Last modified:
March 30, 2006
URL: http://www.dmna.state.ny.us/historic/reghist/civil/infantry/97thInf/97thInfMonument.htm
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