Alternate Designations: None.
Commander: Capt. Julius W. Adams, Jr. (1840-1865).
Numbers: 179; 10 killed, 30 wounded.
Raised: New York City and Washington, D.C.
Erected between 1907 and 1908.
Location: Located on the east side of Ayres Avenue. Locates positions occupied by Regular 4th Infantry during Battle of Gettysburg, July 2, 1863.
Description: One of 45 monuments erected to units of the United States regular army on the battlefield. A red polished Jonesboro granite monolith that is set upon a concrete foundation with a descriptive 3’6’x3’7′ bronze tablet with the coat of arms of the United States in bronze. Inscription:
ARMY OF THE POTOMAC
FIFTH CORPS
SECOND DIVISION FIRST BRIGADE
FOURTH U. S. INFANTRY
Four Companies
Captain Julius W. Adams Jr. Commanding
July 2. Arrived in the morning and took position near the line of the Twelfth Corps. The Regiment with the Brigade moved from the right to the left of the line and at 5 P. M. advanced across Plum Run near Little Round Top and supported the Second Brigade in its advance to the crest of the rocky wooded hill beyond and facing to the left engaged the Confederates but retired under a deadly fire on both flanks and from the rear after the Confederates had gained a position in the Wheatfield in the rear of the Brigade.
July 3. Remained in same position.
July 4. The Regiment with the Brigade made a reconnaissance and developed a force of the Confederate infantry and artillery in front and engaged on the skirmish line well to the front.
Casualties Killed 10 men Wounded 2 Officers and 28 Men
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