127th Pennsylvania Volunteer Infantry - Fredericksburg, VA
N 38° 17.595 W 077° 28.109
18S E 284124 N 4241235
Located in the Fredericksburg National Cemetery, a monument commemorates the 127th PA Volunteer Infantry who participated in the Battle of Fredericksburg.
Waymark Code: WM48HZ
Location: Virginia, United States
Date Posted: 07/21/2008
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The monument was erected by the commonwealth of Pennsylvania as a memorial to the 3rd Brigade, 2nd Division, 2nd Corps of the 127th Pennslyvania Volunteer Infantry commanded by Col. William W. Jennings.
From the NPS website for the Fredericksburg National Cemetery
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The 127th Pennsylvania was a nine-month unit. Its only battle experience came in the assaults against Marye's Heights on December 13, 1862 and May 3, 1863. On December 13, 1862, it lost one-third of its men in a failed attempt to storm these heights. Five months later, in May 2, 1863, it supported the Sixth Corps in a successful attack across the same ground.
For more history on the PA Volunteer Infantry, visit Samuel Bates' History of the Pennsylvania Volunteers, 1861-65, Volume 4