The 37th Massachusetts Infantry Regiment served as members of Eustis’ Brigade in Newton’s Division of the Sixth Corps, Army of the Potomac. The regiment is honored by a monument.
Dedicated: October 6, 1886.
Location: East side of south Sedgwick Avenue. It marks the line taken by the 37th Infantry unit after its arrival on July 2, 1863 until July 5, 1863, when it was involved in the pursuit of Lee’s Confederate army. The monument stands approximately 100 yards in front of where the line of battle was.
Description: Granite monument in form of a tree trunk with carved knapsack, standard, two muskets and VI Corps insignia on a scroll. The monument stands on a two tiered base atop boulder. Monument is a 2.2 foot square granite shaft in the form of a tree trunk with carved knapsack, standard, two muskets, and VI Corps insignia on a scroll set on a four foot square base that rests on a boulder. There are raised letters on the base. Flanking markers are gable topped, 1.6×8 foot.
Along with a number of other Gettysburg monuments in the southern area of the battlefield, this piece was vandalized on March 4, 1913.
This Deathless Field 