Pennsylvania monument

[Pennsylvania]

So the last couple times I was at Gettysburg looking for ancestors on the Pennsylvania monument I noticed that quite a few of the names appear to be ground off. Were they men that were later found to not be present during the battle? Or what is the reason for this?

 

[Gary Morgan]

You got it. Post-war, the veterans who fought at Gettysburg were ADAMANT that your name only belonged on the Monument if you actually fought there, and they would personally chisel off names of men who they knew were not present.

Ironically, one of the men who was hanged as a raider at Andersonville not only fought at Gettysburg, but actually received a field promotion to corporal during the course of the battle. He was hanged and buried separate from the other prisoners at Andersonville, but his name still appears on one of the plates on the back of the monument - not sure if the other men in his regiment were aware of his ultimate fate or not, and he's officially listed as a deserter (I have my doubts), but he did his bit during the battle, and so his name is listed, unlike the name immediately below his, which was chiseled off.

 

[Pennsylvania]

That's interesting I never knew that. I will have to look into the raider on the monument. Thanks