This Will Honor the Men of the 136 NY Infantry that Defended This Ground
Descendants of the 136th New York Infantry Regiment have accomplished:
* Advocated the removal of the old Gettysburg Visitor Center from this regiment's battle line & new Visitor Center dedicated at ribbon cutting ceremony Sept.27-28, 2008.
* Identified the mislabeled grave of 136th NY Medal of Honor soldier Dennis Buckley. His gravestone was replaced in Marietta, GA cemetery.
* Simeon Ikins' mislabeled grave corrected at Gettysburg
* 90% of regimental soldiers' gravesites located
This regiment suffered 109 casualties during the Battle of Gettysburg, including 26 men who were killed. Read our Congressional testimony.
The National Park Service completed a new Visitor Center and has demolished the old one as of Spring 2009. The Gettysburg battle line of the 136 NYSV will be restored.
Click on the map (below) to learn about the proposed center.
Click here for an article about restoration efforts.
136 New York State Volunteer Infantry Regiment
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This web site was updated on September 8, 2009.
This was the title of an ad in the July 2002 "America's Civil War" magazine that prominently mentioned our "very bravest men" of the 136th NYSV. The ad was created for the fundraising campaign by the Gettysburg National Battlefield Museum Foundation.
Click here to view that advertisement.
Read the news article about the ceremony for Dennis Buckley here.
