61st New York Infantry Regiment's Monument at Gettysburg

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Taken from Final Report on the Battlefield of Gettysburg (New York at Gettysburg) by the New York Monuments Commission for the Battlefields of Gettysburg and Chattanooga. Albany, NY: J.B. Lyon Company, 1902.

INSCRIPTIONS
Front - 61ST REGT. N. Y. INFY. 1ST BRIG. 1ST DIV. 2ND CORPS. ORGANIZED SEPTEMBER 1861. MUSTERED OUT JULY 14TH 1865.
Reverse - THIS POSITION HELD BY THE 61ST REGT. N. Y. INFY. ON THE AFTERNOON OF JULY 2, 1863. CASUALTIES, KILLED 6; WOUNDED 56. TOTAL LOSS 62.