143d Pennsylvania Infantry
2d Brigade, 3d Division
(Front):143d Penna.
Infantry
2d Brig. 3d Div
1st Corps
(Back):This monument marks the right of
first position July 1st 1863
facing north and second position
facing west which the regiment
held from 11.30 a.m.
until First Corps fell back
last position on Seminary Ridge
right resting on railroad cut.
July 2d & 3d
Regiment was in line on left centre
and on the 3d. assisted in repulsing
the final charge of the enemy.
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Present at Gettysburg 465.
Killed officers 1, men 20.
Wounded officers 11, men 130.
Captured or missing 31 men.
Total loss 253.
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Recruited in the counties
of Luzerne, Susquehanna, Wyoming
and Lycoming.
Mustered in Aug. Oct. 1862
Mustered out June 21th 1865.
Marker is at the intersection of Chambersburg Pike (U.S. 30) and Reynolds Avenue, on the right when traveling east on Chambersburg Pike.
Courtesy hmdb.org
