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 4th Ohio Infantry Monument - Gettysburg, PA
N 39° 49.258 W 077° 13.724
18S E 309251 N 4410263
Two monuments to the Fourth Ohio Infantry Regiment are south of Gettysburg on East Cemetery Hill and on Emmitsburg Road. This one is the Ohio - 4th Infantry (Carroll's Brigade) Memorial at Gettysburg Nat'l Military Park in Gettysburg, Pennsylvania.
Waymark Code: WM9NT1
Location: Pennsylvania, United States
Date Posted: 09/10/2010
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The monument, marker, and flank markers were all made of zinc, or "white bronze". Unfortunately, the material was not as durable as the true bronze of most other metal monuments on the battlefield. At one point the top of the monument had to be removed for safety reasons, but it has since been restored. At the top is a statue of Colonel Samuel Sprigg Carroll.
The 4th Regiment, Ohio Volunteer Infantry (or 4th OVI) was an infantry regiment in the Union Army during the American Civil War. It served in the Eastern Theater in a number of campaigns and battles, but perhaps is most noted for its actions in helping secure Cemetery Hill during the Battle of Gettysburg.
From the front of the Cemetery Hill monument:
4th Ohio
Infantry,
1st Brigade,
3rd Division,
2nd Corps
Carroll's Brigade
Ohio's Tribute
From the left side:
On the evening
of
July 2, 1863.
Carroll's Brigade
was sent from its
position with the 2nd
Corps to re-enforce
this position of the
line, and this monument
marks the position
where, as part of that
brigade, the 4th Ohio
Infantry at that time
participated in repelling
an attack of the enemy.
Carroll's Brigade.
Companies A&B from Mt. Vernon,
Knox County
Companies C&I from Delaware
Delaware County
Companies D&G from Kenton
Hardin County
From the right side:
Gettysburg
July 2 and 3, 1863.
Killed.
Capt. Samuel J. Shoub, Co. I
Lieut. Addison H. Edgar, Co. G
Corp. John Debolt, Co. B
Private James W. Harl, Co. A
William Bain, Co. G,
George H. Martin Co. G
George H. Martin, Co. G
Asa O. Davis, Co. G,
David W. Collins, Co. G
Andrew Myers, Co. G
Simon Rollenson, Co. I
Jacob Sheak, Co. I
Henry G. Stark, Co. I
Wounded.
Capt. Peter Grubb, Co. G
Sergt. M V. B. Longworth, Co. G
Corp. Lyman S. Ensign, Co. F
Private Wm. D. Breyfogle, Co. C
Samuel Wells, Co. C
Finley Bain, Co. C
James Holloway, Co. C
Reason Gillmore, Co. D
Michael Hermann, Co. G
Henry P. Pfeiffer, Co. G
Wm. Shinderwolf, Co. G
George W. Wilcox, Co. G
John Winstead, Co. I
Jacob Boyer, Co. K
Joseph Short, Co. K"
From the back:
Principal
Engagements.
Rich Mountain
Romney
Blue's Gap
Winchester
Front Royal
Harrison's Landing
Fredericksburg
Chancellorsville
Gettysburg
Bristoe Station
Robertson's Tavern
Mine Run
Morton's Ford
Wilderness
Laurel Hill
Spottsylvania
Ny River
North Anna River
Totopotomoy
Cold Harbor
Carroll's Brigade.
Organized for three months' service
at Columbus, Ohio, April 21, 1861.
Reorganized for three years' service
at Camp Dennison, Ohio, June 5, 1861.
Mustered out at expiration of term
of service June 22, 1864.
Name of Government Entity or Private Organization that built the monument: State of Ohio
Union, Confederate or Other Monument: Union
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Related Website: [Web Link]
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Date Installed or Dedicated: Not listed
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