153d Pennsylvania Infantry
1st Brigade 1st Division
(Front):153d Penna. Infantry
1st Brig. 1st Div.
11th Corps.July 1. The Regiment held this position in the afternoon until the Corps was outflanked and retired. When it took position along the lane at East Cemetery Hill. Where it remained until the close of the battle assisting to repulse the enemy's assault on the night of the 2d.
(Left):Carried into action
24 officers 545 men.
Killed and died of wounds
1 officer 40 men.
Wounded
7 officers 117 men.
Captured of missing
46 men.
Total loss 211.
(Right):Recruited in
Northhampton County.
Mustered in
September 1862
Mustered out
July 24, 1863.
Marker is on Howard Avenue ¼ mile north of Old Harrisburg Road (Business U.S. 15), on the right when traveling east.
Courtesy hmdb.org
