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Cross Brigade Monument

2nd Corps, 1st Division, 1st Brigade

The 2nd Corps, 1st Division, 1st Brigade was also known as Cross’ Brigade. During the battle of Gettysburg, it served as a member of Caldwell’s Division of the Second Corps, Army of the Potomac. About the Main Monument When was it dedicated? Erected circa 1912. What is it made out of? Foundation: Concrete. Monument: Polished smooth sea-green granite. Plaque: Bronze. What size is it? 36′ by 36′ base. Weight: 300 Pounds. Height 5’4″. Tablet measures 4 feet by 3 feet 8 inches. Who made it? Albert Russell & Sons Co. of Newburyport, Massachusetts. Erected by the United States War Department. What does it depict? Monolith consisting of polished smooth sea-green granite pedestal with a square base. Base tapers to a smaller dimension at the tablet. On each pedestal is mounted a bronze inscription tablet describing the movements and actions of …

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148th Pennsylvania Monument, the Wheatfield

148th Pennsylvania Infantry

The One Hundred Forty Eighth Pennsylvania Infantry is honored by a monument and a secondary monument at Gettysburg. About the Main Monument When was it dedicated? Sept. 11, 1889. What is it made out of? Monument: granite with bronze adornment; Base: granite. What size is it? Monument: approx. 14 ft. 3 in. x 7 ft. 3 in. x 7 ft. 3 in. Who made it? P. F. Eisenbrown & Sons, fabricator. What does it depict? Granite monument with trefoil reliefs, four corner columns, cap with relief shields, topped by finial of infantry accouterments, including draped drum and rifle. Flank markers have rough bases 4’11″x2’10″; shafts with trefoil top, 4’1″x2’3″. What does it honor? The location of the monument marks the position held by regiment on the afternoon of July 2, 1863. How is it inscribed? RECRUITED IN/CENTRE, CLARION, INDIANA/AND JEFFERSON …

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81st Pennsylvania Infantry

The Eighty First Pennsylvania Infantry is honored by a monument at Gettysburg. About the Main Monument When was it dedicated? June 13, 1888. What is it made out of? Monument: granite with bronze tablet. What size is it? Overall: approx. H. 15 ft. 9 in.; Base: approx. W. 6 ft. 4 in. x D. 6 ft. 4 in. Who made it? P. F. Eisenbrown & Sons, fabricator. What does it depict? Granite obelisk decorated with bronze state seal, and relief of crossed muskets, shield and cartridge box. The obelisk has an apex cap and four-side finial of granite trefoil. It stands on a two-tiered base. Monument is a 3.5 foot square granite shaft with an apex cap and four-sided trefoil set on a 6.4 foot square rough base. Overall height is 15.9 foot. The shaft has a bronze state seal, …

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61st New York Infantry

The Sixty First New York Infantry is honored by a monument at Gettysburg. About the Main Monument When was it dedicated? July 1, 1889. What is it made out of? Monument: granite with bronze adornment; Base: stone. What size is it? Overall: approx. 9 ft. x 76 in. x 77 in. Who made it? Unknown, fabricator. What does it depict? Four rough hewn granite blocks decorated with bronze New York State Seal and Corps trefoil. What does it honor? The monument marks the position of the 61st New York Infantry on the afternoon of July 2, 1863 in the fighting in Rose’s Wheatfield. How is it inscribed? ON THE AFTERNOON OF/JULY 2ND. 1863./CASUALTIES/KILLED 6 WOUNDED 56/TOTAL LOSS 62. When was this photograph taken? December 10, 2011. Where is it located? Located Gettysburg National Military Park, the Wheatfield, Gettysburg, Pennsylvania 17325. …

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5th New Hampshire Monument, Ayres Avenue

5th New Hampshire Infantry

The Fifth New Hampshire Infantry is honored by a monument and a position stone at Gettysburg. About the Main Monument When was it dedicated? July 2, 1886. What is it made out of? Monument: granite with bronze adornment; Base: stone. What size is it? Overall: approx. H. 6 ft. 6 in. x 8 ft. x 3 ft. Who made it? Hunton, J. F., fabricator. Thos. Nahn Granite Works, fabricator. What does it depict? Costing just $600.00, the monument was designed by Major Frank Rice of the 31st Massachusetts. Although simple and perhaps unimpressive to modern visitors, the monument is meant to symbolize the men of the Granite state who were, in the words of the regimental scribe William A. Child, “hard, enduring, patient, and unmovable.” Monument comprised of an octagonal mid-section with bronze text plaques, topped by a large boulder. …

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