39th New York Infantry (Garibaldi Guards)

At about 7 o'clock P.M. on July 2, 1863, the 39th New York Infantry, the Garibaldi Guards, of the 3rd Brigade, 3d Division, 2d Corps, was ordered to support General Sickles' line, charged and drove the enemy, and recaptured the guns and equipment of Battery I, 5th U.S. Artillery. A stone tablet marks the place where this incident occurred. Four companies of the regiment held this position on July 2 and 3, 1863. The regiment's casualties were 15 killed and 80 wounded, for a total of 95.

Gettysburg, Pennsylvania · United States