COMPANY K, FIRST PENNSYLVANIA RESERVES WAR MEMORIAL
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Listing Details
Location: BALTIMORE STREET AND CHAMBERSBURG ROAD
City: GETTYSBURG
State: Pennsylvania
Zip Code: 17325
Type of Memorial: Plaques On Stone
Year Dedicated: 1991
Access: Public
Wars Commemorated: CIVIL WAR
Photograph By: CRAIG SWAIN
Submitted By: COURTESY OF HMdb.org
DURING THE BATTLE OF GETTYSBURG ON JULY 2, 1863, THE MEN OF COMPANY K, IN THE CENTER OF THE FIRST RESERVES, HELPED TO REPULSE THE CONFEDERATE ATTEMPT TO SEIZE LITTLE ROUND TOP, POSSESSION OF WHICH WAS THE KEY TO VICTORY IN THE BATTLE.
THIS MEMORIAL WAS ERECTED IN 1991 BY THE ADAMS COUNTY COMPANY K MEMORIAL COMMITTEE AS A REMEMBRANCE OF THE MORE THAN 2,000 ADAMS COUNTIANS WHO PARTICIPATED IN THE AMERICAN CIVIL WAR, WAGED BETWEEN 1861 AND 1865 IN A SUCCESSFUL EFFORT TO PRESERVE THE FEDERAL UNION.
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