Gettysburg Regiment which deserves more Recognition

[JimN]

What is a regiment at Gettysburg which may have not received as much due credit or recognition but performed well and should be more well-known for their actions there? I'm not thinking of the 1st Minnesota or the regiments of the Iron Brigade or the 20th Maine but a lesser-known regiment.

 

[LibertyAndUnion]

16th Maine.

 

[Fairfield]

The 16th Maine Volunteer Infantry

 

[JimN]

The 16th Maine Volunteer Infantry

Yes. Their stand on July 1 is pretty well known. As an aside I have a muster roll signed by Abner Small at the end of the war when he was Major commanding the regiment.

 

[General Casey]

17th Maine

 

[Fairfield]

Yes. Their stand on July 1 is pretty well known. As an aside I have a muster roll signed by Abner Small at the end of the war when he was Major commanding the regiment.

Abner Small is one of ACW soldiers whom I admire most. He came from the town next to mine where he is still regarded highly. Oakland (his town--West Waterville in his day) is about to hold a rededication to its Memorial Hall--a ceremony in which Abner Small's name ranks high.

 

[JimN]

Abner Small is one of ACW soldiers whom I admire most. He came from the town next to mine where he is still regarded highly. Oakland (his town--West Waterville in his day) is about to hold a rededication to its Memorial Hall--a ceremony in which Abner Small's name ranks high.

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And his memoirs are one of the best from a Union soldier.

 

[Kyle Kalasnik]

143rd,149th, and 150th PA. They formed
Stone's "Bucktail" Brigade, 3rd Div, I Corps.

They fought around McPherson's Barn and were engaged in heavy fighting in the afternoon of 1 July.

No disrespect to the Iron Brigade, who conducted themselves extremely well in vicious combat. But much of of the focus for the I Corps on 1 July is concentrated on them.

 

[neyankee61]

Carroll's Brigade

 

[nc native]

On the Union side the 147th New York deserves recognition for it's stand on July 1st. Despite being attacked on three sides and losing around 200 out of 320 soldiers in the unit, it managed to hold the ground it defended.

On the Confederate side I would look at Kershaw's South Carolinans and Semes's Georgians who were a major part of the attack on July 2nd that came close to breaking the Union center. Barksdale's brigade has received it's share of accolades but these brigades also suffered heavily and broke several Union lines before finally being stopped.

 

[Cavalier]

The 111th. New York Infantry. Percentage loss during the battle 63.8%. 58 killed, 177 wounded, 17 missing/captured. Total engaged 390, total casualties 231, (above per Regimental.Strengths and Losses at Gettysburg, 4th. Edition, page 130, by Busey and Martin). Per their Colonel.they sustained an estimated 50% loss in about twenty minutes on the afternoon of July 2nd. on Cemetery Ridge.

John

 

[Union_Buff]

16th Regiment Maine Volunteer Infantry

Although, I am biased due to the family connection with Colonel Tilden.

 

[Gettysburg Guide #154]

The 137th NY was commanded by Col. David Ireland. Just as the 20th Maine was the left end of the Union line on July 2, the 137th NY was the right end of the line. The 137th was attacked in flank and rear by elements of "Maryland" Steuart's Brigade, perhaps an hour or so after Chamberlain's fight. Ireland's men retreated into the traverse on Culp's Hill, thus "refusing" the brigade line. Col. Ireland would order a bayonet charge by 2 of his companies to drive off a Confederate attempt to out-flank the traverse. Admittedly, the 137th got some help from what was left of the 14th Brooklyn and 6th Wisconsin, but even so were considerably outnumbered. Perhaps one of the great ironies of the Battle of Gettysburg is that the percentage casualties of the 20th Maine on the left end of the Union line, and the 137th NY on the right end of the line were the same (32.4%).

 

[mwalker6043]

151st PA. Lost 75% of their strength on July 1 holding back the confederates during the 1st Corps retreat from McPherson Ridge to Seminary Ridge.

 

[Hoplite]

What is a regiment at Gettysburg which may have not received as much due credit or recognition but performed well and should be more well-known for their actions there? I'm not thinking of the 1st Minnesota or the regiments of the Iron Brigade or the 20th Maine but a lesser-known regiment.

How about Paddy O'Rorke and the 140th NY?
You can argue that they saved Little Round Top

 

[1SGDan]

5th New Hampshire

 

[Reconstructed Rebel]

5th New Hampshire

Had to look that one up and give your recommendation two thumbs up.

"The 5th New Hampshire Infantry Regiment suffered the most battle deaths of any Union regiment in the Civil War, with 295 men killed in action."

 

[JeffFromSyracuse]

On the Union side the 147th New York deserves recognition for it's stand on July 1st. Despite being attacked on three sides and losing around 200 out of 320 soldiers in the unit, it managed to hold the ground it defended.

The 147th's monument says 380 - I'm still working on an exact number in my research. I don't have the exact numbers in front of me, but if I remember correctly, they had 78 men killed or mortally wounded in 3 days and ~75 of them in their opening fight.

 

[rpkennedy]

The 147th's monument says 380 - I'm still working on an exact number in my research. I don't have the exact numbers in front of me, but if I remember correctly, they had 78 men killed or mortally wounded in 3 days and ~75 of them in their opening fight.

They had a strength of 380 on July 1. They suffered 80 killed and mortally wounded, 133 wounded (including 9 who were wounded and captured), and 71 captured or missing (36 captured, 35 missing) for a total of 284.

Ryan

 

[JeffFromSyracuse]

They had a strength of 380 on July 1. They suffered 80 killed and mortally wounded, 133 wounded (including 9 who were wounded and captured), and 71 captured or missing (36 captured, 35 missing) for a total of 284.

Ryan

I've got a manuscript written on their service history that I'm currently editing. My numbers differ.