One of three brigades in Hays’s Division of the Second Corps.

Commander: Col. George L. Willard (August 15, 1827 – July 2, 1863). Professional soldier from New York City. Willard was hit in the head by an artillery shell on July 2 and died instantly.

Strength: 1,508

Losses: 714; 139 killed, 542 wounded, 33 missing.

Monuments and Memorials of Willard’s Brigade