69TH PENNSYLVANIA INFANTRY VOLUNTEERS WAR MEMORIAL

THE 69TH PENNSYLVANIA INFANTRY VOLUNTEERS HELD A POSITION ON THE LINE ON JULY 3RD THAT WAS ATTACKED BY PICKETT’S DIVISION OF WHICH THE CHARGE WAS REPULSED AND THE DIVISION NEARLY ANNIHILATED.
THIS MEMORIAL IS IN MEMORIAM OF OUR DECEASED COMRADES, WHO GAVE UP THEIR LIVES IN DEFENCE OF A PERPETUAL UNION. ON THIS SPOT FELL OUR COMMANDER COL. DENIS O’KANE, HIS TRUE GLORY WAS VICTORY OR DEATH, AT THE MOMENT OF ACHIEVING THE FORMER, HE FELL VICTIM TO THE LATTER. WHILE RALLYING THE RIGHT TO REPULSE ARMISTEAD, THE LIEUT. COL. MARTIN TSCHUBY WAS KILLED. HE WAS ALSO WOUNDED ON THE PREVIOUS DAY, BUT NOBLY REFUSED TO LEAVE THE FIELD. THE MAJOR AND ADJUTANT WERE ALSO WOUNDED.
OUT OF AN AGGREGATE STRENGTH OF 258 THE REGIMENT SUFFERED A LOSS OF 137.
ERECTED BY THE SURVIVING MEMBERS AND THEIR FRIENDS AND THE COMMONWEALTH OF PENNSYLVANIA