Alternate Designations: None.
Commander: Col. Philip P. Brown (1823-1881).
Numbers: 431; 27 killed, 166 wounded, 114 missing.
Raised: Cortland and Madison.
Dedicated: 1886.
Location: Howard Avenue at intersection of the Mummasburg Road near Gettysburg College.
Description: Sarcophagus-like monument of Oak Hill granite with gabled cap, sits atop a two-tiered base. The monument marks one of the positions taken by the 157th New York Infantry in the 11th Corps line before being forced to retire on the afternoon of July 1, 1863. It was erected by surviving members of the regiment. It is located where the regiment first held on the extreme left of the 11th Corps line on July 1, 1863.
National Park Service List of Classified Monuments Number: MN52.
Sculptor: New England Monument Company, fabricator.
Other Monuments: Main Monument | Advanced Position Stone | Second Monument
Army of the Potomac > Eleventh Corps > Third Division > First Brigade