Lt. Colonel William Henry Chapman Society
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The Chapman Society participated in the "Adopt-A-Position" program sponsored by the Gettysburg National Military Park from the spring of 2014 until the Park Service discontinued the program at the end of 2022. When the program ended we were responsible for maintaining twenty-one sites on the battlefield.
We voted to adopt twelve sites when another organization determined that they were no longer able to continue participating in the program and released the locations in 2014. We took on another nine in the spring of 2017.
A photo of each of the sites we adopted and a little about each of them appears below. Click on the image for a larger view.
Ramseur's Brigade Marker
Erected 1910-1911, replacing earlier 1905 tablet. Ewell’s Corps, Rodes Division 2nd, 4th, 14th, 30th NC Regiments.
Iverson's Brigade Marker
Erected 1910-1911, replacing earlier tablet erected 1901 -1902.
Iverson's Brigade Marker
Hill’s Corps, Heth’s Division. 11th, 26th, 47th, 52nd NC Regiments.
Carter's Battalion Marker
Carter's, Fry's, Pace's and Reese's Batteries -- Erected 1910-1911, replacing earlier 1906 tablet . Ewell’s Corp, Rodes’ Division. Carter’s, Fry’s, Page’s, and Reese’s Batteries.
Carter's Battalion Marker
Four 10-pounder Parrotts, six 3-inch rifles, and six Napoleons. Expended 1898 rounds.
Scales' Brigade Marker
Erected 1910-1911, replacing earlier tablet erected 1901 -1902. Hill’s Corps, Pender’s Division. 13th, 16th, 22nd, 38th NC Regiments. …
Brockenbrough's Brigade Marker
West Confederate Avenue - Erected 1910-1911, replacing earler tablet from 1901-1902. Hill's Corps, Heth's Division. 40th, 47th, 55th Regiments and 22nd Battalion Virgiia infantry. Marker indicates the position of the brigade on July 3 before advancing as part of Longstreet's assault.
11th Mississippi Infantry Regiment
Assigned to guard the division trains on July 1. Rejoined the brigade the evening of July 2. Bronze statue of Color Sgt. William O'Brien.
11th Mississippi Advance Marker
“The regiment was here 'subjected to a most galling fire of musketry and artillery that so reduced the already thinned ranks . . .
11th Mississippi Advance Marker
. . . that any further effort to carry the position was hopeless, and there was nothing left but to retire." - Report of Brig. Gen. Joseph R. Davis
Heth's Division
West Confederate Avenue - Erected 1909. Part of A. P. Hill's Corps, division was comprised of Pettigrew's, Brockenbrough's, Archer's and Davis' brigades. The marker indicates the location of the division the afternoon of July 3 just prior to advancing as part of Longstreet's Assault.
Davis' Brigade Marker
Reynold's Avenue North - Erected 1910-1911, replacing earlier tablet from 1901-1902. - Hill's Corps, Heth's Division. 2nd, 11th, and 42nd Mississippi and 55th North Carolina regiments. Marker located near the railroad cut where a large portion of the brigade was captured on July 1. (The 11th Mississippi was not present on the field on July 1.)
Davis' Brigade Marker
West Confederate Avenue - Erected 1910-1911, replacing earlier tablet erected 1901 -1902. Hill’s Corps, Heth’s Division. 55th NC, 2nd, 11th, 42nd Mississippi Regiments. Position on July 3 before advancing as part of Longstreet’s assault …
A. P. Hill Headquarters Marker
Farmhouse occupied as Hill’s HQ belonged to E. Pitzer, 540 yards west of the marker. Marker on left of the line held by Hill’s Corp on July 2 & 3.
Pettigrew's Brigade
Located on West Confederate Avenue. Pettigrew’s Brigade consisted of the 11th, 26th, 47th, and 52nd North Carolina Infantry. They were part of Heth’s Division, Hill's Corps. Pettigrew's Brigade went into the battle on the first day with about 2,000 men present. The brigade's casualties at Gettysburg totaled 1,405. They included 190 killed, 915 wounded, and about 300 missing.
Archer's Brigade Marker
West Confederate Avenue - Erected 1910-1911, replacing earler tablet from 1901-1902. Hill's Corps, Heth's Division. The brigade was made up of the 5th battalion and 13th Alabama, and the 1st, 7th, and 14th Tennessee. Of the 1,048 men present, 160 were killed or wounded and 517 were missing.
Marye's Battery - Pegram's Battalion
West Confederate Avenue - Erected 1901-1902, the marker shows the position of the battery on July 2, 3 and 4. The battery fired the first cannon shot of the battle on the morning of July 1 from a point along the Chambersburg Pike on the ridge west of Herr's Tavern.
Ross's Battery - Lane's Battalion
West Confederate Avenue - Erected 1901-1902. Tablet shows location of the battery July 2, 3 and 4, except for the unit's howitzer, which was on detached assignment with Patterson's battery, also of Lane's Battalion.
Lane's Battalion Marker
West Confederate Avenue - Patterson's, Wingfield's and Ross's batteries - Erected 1910-1911, replacing earler tablet from 1901-1902.
Wingfield's Battery - Lane's Battalion
West Confederate Avenue - Erected 1901-1902. Indicates the position held by the battery July 2, 3 and 4.
Tennessee Monument
After the Mississippi Monument was dedicated in 1973, Tennessee was the only Confederate state without a monument on the battlefield to her soldiers.
Tennessee Monument
The $25,000 cost was raised entirely through private donations. Dedicated during elaborate ceremonies in driving rain on July 3, 1982. Commemorates Tennessee’s three infantry regiments that served in Archer's Brigade at Gettysburg.
Patterson's Battery - Lane's Battalion
West Confederate Avenue - Erected 1901-1902. Marker indicates position of the battery on July 2 while it (along with the howitzer from Ross' battery) was detached from the rest of the battalion and engaged in the attack on the Peach Orchard.
Mississippi Monument
Located at position of Barksdale’s Brigade prior to attack on Union line at the Peach Orchard on July 2. Fourteen Mississippi units engaged at Gettysburg. …
Georgia Monument
The monument specifically honors the 3,000 Georgia troops who fell at Gettysburg. Located on Warfield Ridge where Semmes’ Brigade launched attack on July 2.
Georgia Monument Inscription
We sleep here in obedience to law: When duty called, we came. When country called, we died.