Popular Monuments

Monument to the 8th New York CavalryA quick reference guide to some of the most popular or most requested monuments people ask about on the battlefield …

The biggest monument on the battlefield: The Pennsylvania State Monument.

The biggest, most expensive Confederate monument on the battlefield: Virginia State Memorial.

The First Monument: 1st Minnesota Infantry (memorial urn in the National Cemetery, see below main monument).

First Regimental Monument on the Battlefield: 2nd Massachusetts Infantry, near Spangler Spring.

The biggest regimental monument on the battlefield: 44th New York (“The Castle”) on Little Round Top.

The Indian: 42nd New York near the Angle.

Sallie: 11th Pennsylvania Infantry on Oak Ridge.

The Tree: 90th Pennsylvania Infantry.

The Lion: The First Vermont Brigade on Wright Avenue.

The Irish Brigade: New York Irish Brigade near the Loop at the Wheatfield.

Father Corby: Irish Brigade Chaplain, South Hancock Avenue.

The 20th Maine: 20th Maine located on Wright Avenue.

The Owl: 5th Ohio Infantry in Pardee Field.

The Wildcat: 105th Pennsylvania at United States Avenue and the Emmitsburg Road.

The so-called “inventor of baseball”: General Abner Doubleday on Reynolds Avenue.

First Shot of the Battle: Included in the post about the 8th Illinois Cavalry.

Suggestions for other monuments I should include on this list? Write and let me know and I’ll try to include them here.