Company K, First Pennsylvania Reserves Monument (Gettysburg, PA)

Company K, First Pennsylvania Reserves Monument (Gettysburg, PA)

Caroline Scott

Site

2349

1991-01-01

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Historical Monument Database: https://www.hmdb.org/m.asp?m=17965

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United States

Company K, First Pennsylvania Reserves Monument (Gettysburg, PA)

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Monument

Adams County Company K Memorial Committee

Company K First Pennsylvania Reserves (Thirteenth Regiment) First (McCandless') Brigade Third (Crawford's) Division Fifth (Sykes') Corps Army of the Potomac Mustered into Pennsylvania service June 8, 1861 Mustered into Federal service July 26, 1861 Mustered Out June 10, 1864 This monument was erected in 1991 by the Adams County Company K Memorial Committee as a remembrance of the more than 2,000 Adams Countians who participated in the American Civil War, waged between 1861 and 1865 in a successful effort to preserve the Federal Union. Recruited in Adams County, the men of Company K participated in eight battles: [list] The casualties sustained were 17 who died in service and 23 who were wounded. During the Battle of Gettysburg on July 2, 1863, the men of Company K, in the center of the First Reserves, helped to repulse the Confederate attempt to seize Little Round Top, possession of which was the key to victory in the battle. [roster of company K]

Pennsylvania

Adams

Union

Gettysburg

City