49th Pennsylvania Infantry
3rd Brigade, 1st Division, 6th Corps
(Front):
49th Penna. Infantry
3rd Brig. 1st Div. 6th Corps
(Left):
This regiment made a continuous march from Manchester, MD, arriving on the field the afternoon of July 2. Occupied this position in reserve from the morning of the 3rd until the enemy's assault in the afternoon when it moved to support centre. Thence to Round Top.
(Right):Organized September 14, 1861
Re-enlisted December 24, 1863.
Mustered out July 15, 1865
Total enrollment 1400.
Killed in action 91.
Died of wounds 58.
Died of disease 173
Wounded 333.
Captured or missing 74
Total losses 729.
(Back):
Yorktown
Williamsburg
Seven Days
Antietam
Fredericksburg
Marye's Heights
Salem Heights
Gettysburg
Rappahannock Station
Mine Run
Wilderness
Spotsylvania
North Anna
Totopotomy
Cold Harbor
Petersburg
Winchester
Petersburg (Assault)
Sailor's Creek
Appomattox
Recruited
in the counties of
Centre, Chester, Huntingdon
Mifflin and Juniata
Marker is on Howe Avenue 0.1 miles east of Taneytown Road (Pennsylvania Road 194), on the right when traveling west.
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