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4th Alabama Infantry Monument

4th Alabama Infantry

4th Alabama Infantry served as a member of Law’s Brigade in Hood’s Division of the Longstreet’s Corps, Army of Northern Virginia. About the Main Monument When was it dedicated? March 1904. What is it made out of? Granite and bronze. Who made it? Erected by the War Department. What does it depict? Located on the line occupied by the 4th Alabama Infantry prior to its involvement in battle on July 2, 1863 and to which it returned on the night of July 3, 1863. Was the only confederate regimental marker erected during the administration of the U.S. War Department (the First/Second Maryland monument was erected during the GBMA period.) This bronze tablet on a bronze pipe post was the only Confederate regimental marker erected during the administration of the U.S. War Department. It is located on Section 5, Confederate Avenue …

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Alabama State Monument

Alabama State Monument

Monument to the state of Alabama at Gettysburg. The is honored by a monument and a position stone at Gettysburg. About the Main Monument When was it dedicated? Nov. 12, 1933. What is it made out of? Sculpture: bronze; Base: Gettysburg granite and Vermont granite What size is it? Sculpture: approx. 7 ft. 9 in. x 10 ft. 9 in. x 35 in.; Base: approx. 33 in. x 11 ft. 4 in. x 5 ft. 2 in. Who made it? Urner, Joseph, 1898- , sculptor. Hammaker Brothers, foundry. What does it depict? Atop a large granite base stands a bronze figure group composed of an allegorical female figure representing the Spirit of the Confederacy flanked a wounded soldier on her proper right and an armed soldier on her proper left. With her raised proper left arm she urges the armed …

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