Monuments to the 124th

Located on the hill north of the Devil’s Den. This monument was erected by the Regimental Association and not by the State.

NEW YORK AT GETTYSBURG
(INSCRIPTIONS ON MONUMENT)

FRONT

124TH NEW YORK
INFANTRY
2ND BRIGADE, 1ST
DIVISION,
3RD CORPS.
JULY 2, 1863.

REVERSE

THE ORANGE BLOSSOMS
WENT INTO ACTION ON
THIS SPOT WITH
18 OFFICERS AND 220 MEN.
LOST IN KILLED AND WOUNDED
7 OFFICERS AND 85 MEN.
MUSTERED IN SEPT. 5,1862.
MUSTERED OUT JUNE 2, 1865.
TOTAL ENLISTMENTS 1320.
TOTAL LOSSES 516.

Marker is at the intersection of Pleasonton Avenue and Hancock Avenue, on the left when traveling east on Pleasonton Avenue. Located north of the Pennsylvania State Memorial in Gettysburg National Military Park.

INSCRIPTIONS ON MARKER

124TH
NEW YORK INFANTRY.
(ORANGE BLOSSOMS)
2ND BRIGADE, 1ST DIVISION,
3RD CORPS.
OCCUPIED THIS POSITION
DURING PICKETT’S CHARGE.
JULY 3, 1863.

“The Orange Blossom Monument” stands on a pedestal in the intersection of Main Street and Park Place in Goshen, NY. The main statue in the monument, called “The Standard Bearer,” was designed by Theo Alice Ruggles Kitson and dedicated on September 5, 1907.

INSCRIPTIONS ON MONUMENT

ERECTED BY HON. THOMAS M. BRADLEY, MC IN MEMORY OF HIS COMRADES OF THE 124TH NEW YORK INFANTRY WHO DIED IN THE SERVICE OF THEIR COUNTRY PRESENTED BY COLONEL CHARLES H. WEYGANT IN THE NAME OF THE DONOR AND THE REGIMENT TO THE PEOPLE OF ORANGE COUNTY ACCEPTED FOR THE PEOPLE BY JOHN J. E. HARRISON, CHAIRMAN OF THE BOARD OF SUPERVISORS OF ORANGE COUNTY, AND BY CAPTAIN ROBERT B. HOCK, PRESIDENT OF THE VILLAGE OF GOSHEN SEPTEMBER 5, 1907