157th 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 - 157TH NEW YORK INFANTRY, 1ST BRIGADE, 3RD DIVISION, l1TH CORPS; 300 YARDS IN ADVANCE OF THIS POSITION WERE KILLED: 4 OFFICERS, 23 MEN 27; WOUNDED: 8 OFFICERS, 158 MEN l66; CAPTURED: 6 OFFICERS, 108 MEN 114; TOTAL CASUALTIES — 307, JULY 1, 1863. 
Right - MUSTERED IN SEPTEMBER 19, 1862. MUSTERED OUT JULY 10, 1865.
Left - THE ADVANCE POSITION IS DESIGNATED BY A MARKER.

(Note.— This regiment has two monuments; one erected by the State and one by the regiment.)

157th New York Infantry Regiment's Civil War Historical Sketch

157th New York Infantry Regiment's Civil War Newspaper Clippings

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