First Brigade
Third Division - Eleventh Corps
Army of the Potomac
Eleventh Corps - Third Division
First Brigade
Brig. Gen. Alex. Schimmelfennig
82d Illinois, 45th. 157th. New York
61st. Ohio, 74th Pennsylvania Infantry
July 1 Arrived about 1 p.m. and advanced to connect with the right of First Corps on Oak Hill but was met by a heavy artillery and musketry fire and after being engaged between two and three hours and pressed closely upon the front and flanks by superior numbers the Brigade was compelled to retired with the Corps at 4 p.m. through the town to Cemetery Hill. The streets and alleys of the town became congested with the mass of infantry and artillery and many were captured. The Brigade formed and took position on Cemetery Hill between the First and Second Divisions of the Corps.
July 2 At 4 p.m. the Brigade was subjected to a heavy artillery fire converging on Cemetery Hill. At dark a sudden attack was made on the right and the Brigade was sent to the support of Brig. Gen. A. Ames and returned after midnight except the 74st Penna. Which remained under the command of Brig. Gen. A. Ames.
July 3 Skirmishing not engaged.
Casualties - Killed 8 officers 50 men - Wounded 20 officers 276 men - Captured or missing 28 officers 425 men - Total 807
Marker is on Howard Avenue 0.1 miles east of Mummasburg Road, on the right when traveling east.
Courtesy hmdb.org
