ALBUMEN PHOTO – VETERANS / TOURISTS AT THE 1ST PENNSYLVANIA CAVALRY MONUMENT AT GETTYSBURG

ALBUMEN PHOTO – VETERANS / TOURISTS AT THE 1ST PENNSYLVANIA CAVALRY MONUMENT AT GETTYSBURG

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This photo measures 9 3/4” x 7 1/2”, on a 14” x 12” mount.  A group of 4 men and 3 women pose at the monument; others are visible in the left background. Overall in very nice condition, showing just minor wear at the lower corners of the mount. No photographer’s marks. There is faint writing on the reverse, difficult to make out.

The 1st Pennsylvania Cavalry (Companies A through G) was organized at Camp Curtin in Harrisburg, Pennsylvania as the "44th Volunteers" and mustered in for state service in July and August 1861 under the command of Colonel George Dashiell Bayard. Companies H, I, and K were organized at Camp Wilkins in Pittsburgh, August 1861. Company L was organized as an independent company on July 30, 1861 and served duty at Baltimore until January 7, 1862 when it joined the regiment. Company M was organized as an independent company August 5, 1861.  The 1st Pennsylvania Cavalry ceased to exist on June 17, 1865, when it was consolidated with the 6th Pennsylvania Cavalry and 17th Pennsylvania Cavalry to form the 2nd Regiment Pennsylvania Provisional Cavalry.  The regiment lost a total of 201 men during service; 9 officers and 87 enlisted men killed or mortally wounded, 1 officer and 104 enlisted men died of disease.  For additional information on the regiment and list of battles in which they took part, click here.

The monument to the 1st Pennsylvania Volunteer Cavalry Regiment is located on the east side of Hancock Avenue about 55 yards northeast of the High Water Mark. The regiment was commanded at the Battle of Gettysburg by Colonel John P. Taylor. It brought 344 men to the field and suffered two men missing. Although normally assigned to the Second Division of the Cavalry Corps, at Gettysburg most of the regiment was attached to Army Headquarters. Company H was detached as Sixth Army Corps headquarters escort.   [ld] [ph:L]

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