Andrew A. Humphreys monument

Battle of Fredericksburg • Tour the Battlefield • Monuments & Markers • Armies

The monument to Union Major General Andrew Atkinson Humphreys is in the Fredericksburg National Cemetery, Stop One on the Battlefield Auto Tour.

Monument to Union Major General Andrew Atkinson Humphreys on the Fredericksburg battlefield

Text from the front of the monument:

Erected
by
Pennsylvania
to
commemorate
the charge of
General
Humphreys’
Division
Fifth Corps· On
Marye’s Heights
Fredericksburg
Virginia
December·13·1862

134th 129th 126th 91st
131st 133rd 123rd 155th
Penna · Vol · Inf

Brigadier General
Andrew Atkinson Humphreys
Third Division·Fifth Army Corps

Detail from the base of the Monument to Union Major General Andrew Atkinson Humphreys on the Fredericksburg battlefield

Text from the left side of the monument:

First Brigade
Brig·Gen·E·B·Tyler

134th Regiment
Col·Edward O’Brien

129th Regiment
Col·Jacob G· Frick

126th Regiment
Col·Ames G· Elden
Lt·Col·Watson Rowe

91st Regiment
Col·E·M·Grecory

Pennsylvania
Volunteer
Infantry

Detail from the base of the Monument to Union Major General Andrew Atkinson Humphreys on the Fredericksburg battlefield

Text from the right side of the monument:

Second Brigade
Col·P·H·Allaback
131st Regiment
Commanding

131st Regiment
Lt·Col·WM·B·Shavt

133rd Regiment
Col·F·B·Speakman

123rd Regiment
Col·John B·Clark

155th Regiment
Col·Edward J·Allen

Pennsylvania
Volunteer
Infantry

Detail from the base of the Monument to Union Major General Andrew Atkinson Humphreys on the Fredericksburg battlefield

Detail from the statue from the Monument to Union Major General Andrew Atkinson Humphreys on the Fredericksburg battlefield Detail from the statue from the Monument to Union Major General Andrew Atkinson Humphreys on the Fredericksburg battlefield Detail from the statue from the Monument to Union Major General Andrew Atkinson Humphreys on the Fredericksburg battlefield

Location of the monument

The monument is in the National Cemetery about 450 feet from the eastern entryway at the Sunken Road. From the entryway head uphill past the flagpole at the top of the hill, then turn right down a brick two-track which leads directly to the monument. (38°17’34.1″N 77°28’08.7″W)