12th New Hampshire Volunteers
1st Brigade, 2nd Division
(Front):July 2, 1863.
Engaged, 224.
Killed, 20;
Wounded, 73;
Died of wounds, 6.
Our union is river, lake, ocean, and sky;
Man breaks not the medal, when God cuts the die.
12th N.H. Vol's.
(Left and Right):1st Brig.
2nd Division.
3rd Corps.
(Back):The New Hampshire Mountaineers
This Regiment was raised in four days;
Served nearly three years in the Armies of the
Potomac and the James; and lost in killed and wounded
over 50 per ct. of those engaged at
Chancellorsville and Cold Harbor, and of its
original number while in the service.
It marched to this field on the night
of the 1st; Fought here on the 2nd; and
supported the centre against Pickett's
Charge on the 3rd.
Marker is on Emmitsburg Road (Business U.S. 15), on the right when traveling north.
Courtesy hmdb.org
