Focus: 20th Massachusetts
Posted to the Project on 04 Jun 07
Another one of Gettysburg’s more unusual monuments is the 20th Massachusetts’ “Pudding Stone.”
Located near the Angle just south of the “Copse of Trees,” the simple monument to the 20th Massachusetts along Hancock Avenue is a conglomerate boulder from a playground in Roxbury, where the unit was initially organized. A bronze plaque adorns the front of the monument.
Dedicated to a regiment nicknamed “The Harvard Regiment,” this is one of the least expensive monuments at Gettysburg costing only $500.00. It was dedicated in June 1886.
At Gettysburg, the regiment was commanded by Colonel Paul J. Revere (1832-1863), a grandson of the famous Revolutionary War hero. A graduate of Harvard, Revere was mortally wounded in the fighting on July 2. The 20th Massachusetts took 301 men into battle at Gettysburg and lost 30 killed, 94 wounded, and 3 missing.
Members of the 2nd Corps, 2nd Division, 3rd Brigade
Commanded by Colonel Paul J. Revere (1832-July 4, 1863)
Engaged 301; 30 killed, 94 wounded, 3 missing
Monument: Hancock Avenue
June 5th, 2007 at 8:51 am
That is perfect Harvard, to have the cheapest monument on the field.
June 5th, 2007 at 6:28 pm
It might be the cheapest monument at Gettysburg but
that pudding stone from Massachusetts makes it very unique.
Harvard’s Civil War by Richard Miller is a good history of the
20th. Mass. Vol’s
June 5th, 2007 at 8:17 pm
I remember that one, because it was so different and a big stone! :)
Karen