68th Pennsylvania Infantry
Scott Legion
(Front):This monument marks
the left of the Regiment while supporting
Clark's Battery
July 2nd 1863.
The right resting 150 feet north as indicated
by flank marker. In the afternoon the
Regiment advanced southward into the
Peach Orchard where its other monument
stands and engaged the enemy
July 3rd and 4th
the Regiment was in line with the Division
on left centre.
Present at Gettysburg
383 officers and men.
Killed 3 officers and 10 men
Wounded 9 officers and 117 men
Captured or missing 13 men
(Left):Recruited in the counties of
Philadelphia
Montgomery and Chester
Mustered in September 2nd 1862
Mustered out June 9th 1865
Total enrollment 1049
Killed and died of wounds.
10 officers, 58 men, Total 68
Wounded
11 officers and 155 men, Total 166
Captured or Missing
3 officers 100 men, Total 103
(Right):Fredericksburg
Chancellorsville
Gettysburg
Wapping Heights
Auburn
Kelly's Ford
————
Mine Run
Wilderness
Guinea Station
Petersburg
Marker is on Wheatfield Road 0.1 miles east of Emmitsburg Road (Business U.S. 15), on the right when traveling west.
Courtesy hmdb.org
