118th Pennsylvania Volunteers
Corn Exchange Regiment
(Front):118th Penna. Vol's
Corn Exchange Reg't
1st Brigade 1st Division 5th Corps
Army of the Potomac
(Left):Engaged in advance
of "Wheat Field" July 2,
and held this position
July 3, and 4, 1863.
(Back):Mustered into service
August 30, 1862
Mustered out June 1, 1865
Participated in 34 battles
Killed in battle 205
Died of wounds and disease 500
Missing in action 273
Original muster 960
Recruits 456
Final muster of original members 139.
(Right):Erected in their honor
by the Commercial Exchange
formerly Corn Exchange
of Philadelphia, and the
surviving members of
the Regiment.
Marker can be reached from South Confederate Avenue, on the right when traveling north.
Courtesy hmdb.org
