1st Brigade, 1st Division

(Front):81st Penna

Infantry

1st Brig. 1st Div. 2nd Corps.Fought on this line in the afternoon of July 2nd

Present at Gettysburg 175 officers and men

Killed and died of wounds 9 men

Wounded 5 officers and 40 men

Captured or missing 8 men

Total loss 62

(Left):Recruited in Philadelphia, Carbon and

Luzerne Counties

Mustered in August 6 to October 27 1861

Re-enlisted December 23 1863

Mustered out June 29 1865

(Back):Yorktown - Wilderness

Fair Oaks - Spotsylvania

Peach Orchard - North Anna

Savage's Station - Totopotomoy

White Oak Swamp - Cold Harbor

Glendale - Petersburg

Malvern Hill - Strawberry Plains

Antietam - Deep Bottom

Fredericksburg - Reams Station

Chancellorsville - Petersburg (Squirrel Level Road)

Gettysburg - White Oak Road

Bristoe Station - Southerland Station

Kelly's Ford - Amelia Court House

Mine Run - Farmville (Cumberland Church)

Appomattox

(Right):Total enrollment 1620Killed and died of wounds 17 officers and 187 men

Died of disease etc. 2 officers and 89 men

Wounded 44 officers and 516 men

Captured or missing 3 officers and 130 men

Marker is on Ayres Avenue, on the right when traveling south.

Courtesy hmdb.org

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