Alternate Designations: None.
Commander: Lt. Col. Waldo Merriam (Feb. 23, 1839-May 12, 1864), wounded; Capt. Matthew Donovan (1830-1876).
Numbers: 307; 15 killed, 53 wounded, 13 missing.
Raised: Middlesex County
Installed Dec. 1885. Dedicated July 1, 1886.
Location: East side of Emmitsburg Road, north of Klingel Farm. It is surrounded on three sides with a War Department board fence. The monument indicates the position held by the regiment on July 2, 1863 prior to Humphreys retrograde movement.
Description: A square granite monument with a rounded top is adorned on each side with the Third Corps diamond symbol. Monument is a 3.7 foot square granite shaft with a dome cap that has chamfered edges and a four-sided diamond decoration and set on a 5.10 foot square smooth base. The shaft has a bronze inscription tablet on the west face. Overall height is ten feet. Flanking markers are 1.6×8 foot with gable tops and cut inscriptions on the faces.
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