39th New York Infantry (Garibaldi Guards)
3rd Brigade, 3rd Division, 2nd Corps
(Front):39th
New York
Infantry,
(Garibaldi Guards)
3rd Brig. 3d Div.
2d Corps.
(Back)This Regiment at about
7 o'clock P.M. July 2d 1863.
Being ordered to support
General Sickles' line.
Charged and drove the enemy
Recapturing the Guns and
Equipment of Battery I.
5th U.S. Artillery.
A stone tablet marks
the place where this
incident occurred
(Right):This regiment
(composed of 4 companies)
held this
position
July 2d and 3d
1863.
(Left):Casualties:
Killed 15,
Wounded 80,
Total 95.
Marker is on Hancock Avenue, on the right when traveling north.
Courtesy hmdb.org
