Also known as the Rochester Regiment
The 108th Volunteers was commanded by Colonel Francis E Pierce. Their 200 men suffered 102 causalities, including the death of Private Charles LeClear, three officers mortally wounded, 10 injured.
Corporal William H. Raymond of Company A was awarded the Medal of Honor when on the 3rd he “voluntarily and under a severe fire brought a box of ammunition to his comrades on the skirmish line.”
2nd Brigade, 3rd Division, Second Corps
The monument was erected (and dedicated?) by the State of New York September 4, 1888.
The 108th Volunteers was commanded by Colonel Francis E Pierce. Their 200 men suffered 102 causalities, including the death of Private Charles LeClear, three officers mortally wounded, 10 injured.
Corporal William H. Raymond of Company A was awarded the Medal of Honor when on the 3rd he “voluntarily and under a severe fire brought a box of ammunition to his comrades on the skirmish line.”
2nd Brigade, 3rd Division, Second Corps
The monument was erected (and dedicated?) by the State of New York September 4, 1888.
Also known as the Rochester Regiment
The 108th Volunteers was commanded by Colonel Francis E Pierce. Their 200 men suffered 102 causalities, including the death of Private Charles LeClear, three officers mortally wounded, 10 injured.
Corporal William H. Raymond of Company A was awarded the Medal of Honor when on the 3rd he “voluntarily and under a severe fire brought a box of ammunition to his comrades on the skirmish line.”
2nd Brigade, 3rd Division, Second Corps
The monument was erected (and dedicated?) by the State of New York September 4, 1888.
The 108th Volunteers was commanded by Colonel Francis E Pierce. Their 200 men suffered 102 causalities, including the death of Private Charles LeClear, three officers mortally wounded, 10 injured.
Corporal William H. Raymond of Company A was awarded the Medal of Honor when on the 3rd he “voluntarily and under a severe fire brought a box of ammunition to his comrades on the skirmish line.”
2nd Brigade, 3rd Division, Second Corps
The monument was erected (and dedicated?) by the State of New York September 4, 1888.
Inscription
108th N.Y. Inft’y
Occupied this position July 2 and 3, 1863 supporting Battery I, 1st U.S. Art. During the artillery duel on the afternoon of July 3, it sustained a terrific fire without being able to return a shot. Number engaged 200. Casualties Killed 16, wounded 86, Total 102.
During the charge the left of the Confederate line lapped its front and came within 50 yards of it before breaking. The 108th N.Y. Inft’y was recruited and mustered into the service at Rochester N.Y. Aug. 18, 1862. It participated in all the battles of the 2nd Corps from Antietam, Sept. 17, 1862, to the surrender at Appomattox Apr. 9, 1865, having been actively engaged 28 times.
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