51st Pennsylvania Volunteer Infantry
(Front Inscription):
The 51st Regt. P. V.
was organized Sept. 1861
By Col. afterwards,
Maj. Gen. John F. Hartranft
its leader in many battles and in
this charge
Mustered out July 1865
Engaged in 20 battles or minor
combats and numerous skirmishes
Total death roll 214
(Left Inscription):
Omitted.
Private Charles Keyser, Co. A.
5th Sergt. Richard J. Williams, Co B.
8th Corp. George W. Bird, Co B.
Private David S. Hutman Co B.
Private Henry C. Unicore, Co B.
(Rear Inscription):
Erected
by the survivors of the
51st Regt. Pa. Vol.
To commemorate their
comrades who fell in
taming this bridge in the
battle between the Federal
and Confederate forces
Sept. 17, 1862.
(Right Inscription):
The following comrades were killed
Lieut. Col Thomas S. Bell
Private James Coulston, Co. A.
Private William Somerlot, Co. A.
1st Lieut. Davis Hunsicker, Co C.
Private David McKane, Co. C.
Private Simon P. Emerly, Co. C.
Private John Hallowell, Co. C.
Private George Mayberry, Co. D.
Private William Comer, Co. F.
Private Henry S. Lentz, Co. F.
Private Henry Shultz, Co. F.
Private James Downling, Co. G.
Private Miles Dillen, Co. G.
Private William Wenrton, Co G.
Private Wallis Wiggins, Co G.
1st Lieut. Jacob C. Beaver, Co. _
1st Sergt. Matthew Vandine, Co. _
Private Isaac Beck, Co. _
Private Edward Bear, Co. I.
Private Levi Marks, Co. I.
Private Isaac Wites, Co. I.
Private Thomas P. Davis, Co. _
Sergt. Albert Snyle, Co. _
and 84 others wounded.
Marker can be reached from Old Burnside Bridge Road, on the left when traveling east.
Courtesy hmdb.org
