Dedicated on September 17, 1904, the monument to the 48th Pennsylvania Infantry Regiment (top right) is on Branch Avenue. see map
From the tablet on the front of the monument (middle right):
48th Pennsylvania Volunteer Infantry
1st Brigade 2nd Division 9th Corps
Location 385 yards South 70 degrees East
Casualties at Antietam
Killed 8
Wounded 51
Missing 1
Total 60
Organized August September 1861
Mustered out July 17th, 1865
Recruited in Schuylkill County
Battles participated in
Newbern
Second Bull Run
Chantilly
South Mountain
Antietam
Fredericksburg
Blue Springs
Campbell's Station
Siege of Knoxville
Wilderness |
Spotsylvania
North Anna
Totopotomay
Bethesda Church
Cold Harbor
Petersburg
Weldon Railroad
Poplar Spring Church
Boydton Plank Road
Assault on Petersburg |
Dug Petersburg Mine |
Commenced June 25 |
Exploded July 30, 1864 |
From the tablet on the rear of the monument (bottom right):
James Nagle
Organizer and First
Colonel of this Regiment
Received Commission as
Brigadier General of Volunteers
on the Battlefield of Antietam
September 17, 1862
Captain
Company "B", 1st Penn'a. Regiment
War with Mexico
Colonel
6th, 48th, 39th, 149th Regiments
Penn'a. Volunteers
War of the Rebellion
Born april 5th, 1822
Died April 22d, 1866
The regiment's Colonel James Nagle, whose statue tops the monument, was in command of the brigade at Antietam. Lieutenant Colonel Joshua K. Siegfried commanded the regiment. After the battle Nagle was promoted to brigadier general, Siegfried to Colonel, Captain Henry Pleasants to lieutenant colonel, and Captain James Wren to major.
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