62nd Pennsylvania Infantry
2nd Brigade, 1st Brigade
(Front):62nd
Pennsylvania Infantry.
2nd Brigade. 1st Division.
5th Corps.Position occupied by the
Regiment on the evening of
July 2. 1863. After the troops
on the right had retired, and
where the Brigade had a
Bayonet contest.
Carried into Action.Officers 26. Men 400
Killed Officers 4. Men 24
Wounded Officers 10. Men 97.
Captured or Missing Men 40
Total Loss 175.
(Left):Recruited
in the counties of
Allegheny, Clarion,
Armstrong, Jefferson,
and Blair.Mustered in July 4, 1861
Mustered out July 13, 1864.
Total enrollment 1600
Killed and died of wounds
Officers 17. Men 147.
Wounded Officers 30 men. 473 men.
Died of disease men 77.
Total 744
(Right):
Yorktown.
Hanover Court House,
Mechanicsville,
Gaine's Mill,
Malvern Cliffs,
Malvern Hill,
2nd Bull Run,
Antietam,
Fredericksburg,
Chancellorsville,
Upperville,
Gettysburg,
Rappahannock Station,
Mine Run,
Wilderness,
Spottsylvania,
North Anna,
Totopotomy,
Bethesda Church,
Cold Harbor,
Petersburg.
Marker is at the intersection of DeTrobriand Avenue and Sickles Avenue, on the right when traveling east on DeTrobriand Avenue.
Courtesy hmdb.org
