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New York Officers Monument

About the Main Monument When was it dedicated? September 9, 1925. Nearly 100 veterans (2/3rds of whom fought in the battle) attended the 1925 dedication of the monument. What is it made out of? Granite. Overall height is 21 feet. Who made it? Brush, Gerome, sculptor. Casey, Edward Pearce, 1864-1940, architect. John Swenson Granite Company, fabricator. What does it honor? Semicircular wall monument is made up of eighteen panels with a seat below, running nearly the length of the wall. The New York State Coat of Arms appears in relief on the protruding center structure which is surmounted by a eagle with wings spread upward. The names of forty-one officers who commanded units at Gettysburg are listed. Granite walk to the monument that is 8×14 foot with two, eight-inch risers. Monument is a semi-circular granite shaft twenty-four foot in diameter …

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Armistead and Hancock Monument

About the Main Monument When was it dedicated? February 18, 2000. What is it made out of? Granite. Who made it? Erected by the Armistead Marker Preservation Committee. How is it inscribed? Friends and fellow officers in the United States Army prior to 1861, the fate of Civil War made them foes on the battlefield at Gettysburg. Confederate Brig. Gen. Lewis A. Armistead and Union Maj. Gen. Winfield S. Hancock were both wounded in Longstreet’s assault (Pickett’s Charge), July 3, 1863. Here at the Union Army 11th Corps Field Hospital (George Spangler Farm), Armistead died of his wounds on July 5, 1863. Northwest of this marker is the site of the Granite School House, a Union field hospital, where Hancock was initially treated for his wounds. Hancock survived the war, and became a well-known military, political, and civic leader. He …

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MOLLUS Monument

Loyal Legion Monuments

Loyal Legion Monument Set of Two Monuments. One denotes the donation of 7 acres and the other denotes the donation of 12 acres. About the Main Monument When was it dedicated? 1963. What is it made out of? Granite and Bronze. Who made it? Erected by the Military Order of the Loyal Legion of the United States. What does it depict? Located on the First Day battlefield along North Reynolds Avenue, the Loyal Legion Monuments commemorate land donated by the Military Loyal Legion of the United States. There are two monuments; one honors a donation of 7.45 acres of land while the other honors a donation of 12.265 acres. They are located directly across the road from each other. How is it inscribed? This monument reads, 1863…1963 / This land / upon which our ancestors fought / donated in memory …

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Gettysburg Battlefield Preservation Association

Gettysburg Battlefield Preservation Association. About the Main Monument When was it dedicated? November 19, 1965. What is it made out of? Marker: granite. Plaque: Bronze. Who made it? Erected by the Gettysburg Battlefield Preservation Association. What does it depict? Stone marker with bronze tablet affixed to the front. What does it honor? Land donations by the Gettysburg Battlefield Preservation Association. How is it inscribed? Reads, This land and other portions of this battleground, fought over by brave men of a nation divided, is now part of Gettysburg National Military Park, through the agency of the Gettysburg Battlefield Preservation Association and the collective generosity of patriotic people of a nation united. Voluntary contributions made possible the preservation of this soil, forever consecrated as a memorial to the American courage and devotion to principle of the men who struggled here. This tablet …

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John Page Nicholson Monument

John Page Nicholson Monument

John Page Nicholson served with the 28th Pennsylvania Infantry at Gettysburg. About the Main Monument When was it dedicated? 1925. What is it made out of? Granite and Bronze. What size is it? The base is 3.8×2.6 foot of rough cut stone with a tooled edge and chamfered top. Overall height is 5.4 feet. Who made it? Erected by the United States War Department. Designed by E. B. Cope. What does it depict? Granite monument with bronze plaques. Only marker commerating member of the Gettysburg National Park Commission. Tablet states relation to Civil War action, but no direct relation to Gettysburg campaign. Marker is a monolithic granite shaft with rough cut sides and rear, and a smooth cut face with a bronze United States eagle medallion on the bottom and a bronze tablet in the face. How is it inscribed? …

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Pardee Field Monument

Pardee Field Monument

Pardee Field Monument. About the Main Monument When was it dedicated? 1905-1906. What is it made out of? Granite or sandstone boulder with bronze plaque and letters. What size is it? Approx. 6 ft. x 11 ft. 3 in. x 3 ft. 8 in. Who made it? Unknown, sculptor. What does it depict? Marker is a twenty-two ton boulder with a bronze tablet on the north end and bronze letters spelling “Pardee Field” on the west side. Overall height is 6 feet. Granite or sandstone boulder with bronze plaque and letters. This is one of 2 known boulders relocated from areas outside Gettysburg; it came from the Reading Railroad yards. The boulder was installed in August 1905 and the west face lettering was added in 1906. What does it honor? It commemorates the attack made by the 147th Pennsylvania Infantry …

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Masonic Memorial (Friend to Friend)

Masonic Memorial (Friend to Friend). About the Main Monument When was it dedicated? Copyrighted 1993. Capstone laid Aug. 21, 1993. What is it made out of? Sculpture: bronze; Base: granite. What size is it? Sculpture: approx. 4 x 8 x 5 ft.; Base: approx. Diam. 15 ft. Who made it? Tunison, Ron, 1946- , sculptor. Tallix, founder. Erected by the Right Worshipful Grand Lodge of Free and Accepted Masons of Pennsylvania. What does it depict? A kneeling Union officer is tending to a wounded Confederate officer. The wounded figure is reclining against a knapsack. The sculpture stands on a rectangular base, which in turn, stands on a circular base. There are benches around the monument and steps on each side leading to a walkway which surrounds the piece of three sides. The whole is surrounded by a semi-circular wall with …

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Lincoln Gettysburg Address Speech Monument

Lincoln Gettysburg Address Memorial

Lincoln Gettysburg Address Memorial. About the Main Monument When was it dedicated? 1904-1912. Dedicated Jan. 24, 1912. Rededicated Nov. 20, 1967. What is it made out of? Granite and Bronze. Who made it? Bush-Brown, Henry K., 1857-1935, sculptor. Van Amringe Granite Company, fabricator. What does it depict? A bronze bust of Lincoln rests on a granite pedestal in the center of a curved granite wall. Flanking the bust are two rectangular bronze plaques, one inscribed with the Gettysburg Address and one inscribed with the text of a letter to Lincoln. The memorial cost $5,000. It was designed by Louis Henrick. Disagreements over where to place the monument delayed the completion of the monument which was originally slated to be erected to commemorate the Gettysburg Address as part of the 1895 bill introduced by General Dan Sickles that created the Gettysburg …

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Gettysburg National Military Park Monument

Gettysburg National Military Park Marker

Gettysburg National Military Park Marker. About the Main Monument When was it dedicated? 1908. Who made it? Erected by the U.S. War Department. What does it depict? Bronze tablet attached to the polished face of a rough hewn granite monolith. Overall height is 7 feet. Similar marker to Corps and Division markers; contracted to Bureau Bros for bronze casting, Van Amringe Granite for monolith. References Park’s establishing law, acreage granted from GBMA, and the names of Commissioners. How is it inscribed? The monument reads, Established by Act of Congress approved February 11, 1895 by which the Secretary of War was authorized to receive all lands and improvements which belonged to the Gettysburg Battlefield Memorial Association, a corporation chartered by the State of Pennsylvania 1864 to acquire other lands on the Battlefield for the purposes of the Park (not exceeding in …

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Charles Collis Monument

Colonel Charles Collis Memorial

Colonel Charles Collis raised the 114th Pennsylvania Infantry. About the Main Monument When was it dedicated? Circa 1902. What is it made out of? Sculpture: bronze; Base: granite. What size is it? Sculpture: approx. 2 x 2 x 1.5 ft.; Base: approx. 4 x 8 x 3 ft. Who made it? Unknown, sculptor. What does it depict? Bust of Charles Collis stands on a pedestal which is placed in the center of a two-stepped exedra. The figure wears a double-breasted military uniform and has short hair and a mustache. Sculpture was erected by surviving members of the 114th Pennsylvania Regiment and by friends of Charles Collis (1838-1902) after his death. Colonel Collis was the commander of the regiment, also known as “Collis Zouaves.” The regiment fought the battle in the Peach Orchard on the second day of the Gettysburg battle. …

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Soldiers and Sailors of the Confederacy Monument

Soldiers and Sailors of the Confederacy

Soldiers and Sailors of the Confederacy. About the Main Monument When was it dedicated? Copyrighted 1964. Dedicated Aug. 25, 1965. What is it made out of? Sculpture: bronze; Base: granite. What size is it? Overall: approx. H. 19 ft. 3 in Who made it? De Lue, Donald, 1897-1988, sculptor. Deacy, William Henry, 1890-1967, architect. Fond. Art V. Lera, founder. What does it depict? A Confederate soldier raises a flag of battle in his proper left hand and urges his fellow soldiers forward with his raised proper right hand. The sculpture rests atop a circular stone base inscribed with the names of Confederate and border states. The monument is one of nineteen national and state memorials in the park. Commemorates all Confederate soldiers and sailors and the alleged last Confederate veteran Walter Washington Williams. How is it inscribed? WALTER/WASHINGTON/WILLIAMS/WHO WAS/RECOGNIZED BY/THE …

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GAR Monument

Grand Army of the Republic Monument

Grand Army of the Republic Monument. About the Main Monument When was it dedicated? Installed 1955. Dedicated Sept. 12, 1956. What is it made out of? Sculpture: bronze; Base: granite. What size is it? Sculpture: approx. 64 x 51 x 42 in.; Base: approx. 43.5 in. x 7 ft. x 6 in. Who made it? Fairbanks, Avard, 1897-1987, sculptor. Roman Bronze Works, founder. What does it depict? A seated portrait of an elderly Albert Woolson holding a walking stick in his proper right hand and resting his proper left hand on a GAR hat which rests on the bench beside him. The sculpture is installed on a rectangular base made of polished granite. Surrounding the monument is a flagstone plaza adorned with two mahogany granite benches. The portrait was modeled from life in the year he died. Flagstone surrounding the …

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Soldiers National Monument

Soldiers National Monument. About the Main Monument When was it dedicated? Cornerstone laid July 4, 1865. ca. 1866-1869. Dedicated July 1, 1869. What is it made out of? Figures: marble; Base: Westerly granite with bronze elements. What size is it? Sculpture: approx. H. 60 ft.; Base: approx. W. 25 ft. x D. 25 ft. Who made it? Rogers, Randolph, 1825-1892, sculptor. Batterson, James Goodwin, 1823-1901, designer. Keller, George W., 1842-1935, designer. What does it depict? Monument consists of five allegorical figures on a center column structure and a star-shaped base. It contains a sixty-foot-high granite pedestal set on a twenty-five-foot-square stone base. Liberty stands atop the column, a female figure in Classical robes holding a laurel wreath in her proper right hand and a sword in her proper left hand. Eighteen bronze stars, one for each state whose citizens fought …

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Eternal Peace Light Monument

Eternal Peace Light Memorial

Eternal Peace Light Memorial. About the Main Monument When was it dedicated? July 3, 1938. Estimates put the crowd attendance at somewhere between 250,000 to 400,000, including 1,800 Civil War veterans. The youngest veteran present was 88 and the eldest was 112. What is it made out of? Alabama limestone and bronze; Platform: crab orchard flagstone What size is it? Overall: Approx. 40 x 42 x 85 ft.; Shaft: approx. H. 40 ft.; Relief: approx. H. 8 ft.; Platform: approx. L. 85 ft. x W. 42 ft. Who made it? Cret, Paul Philippe, 1876-1945, architect. Lawrie, Lee Oskar, 1877-1963, sculptor. George A. Fuller Company, contractor. What does it depict? This granite and Alabama limestone monument had its genesis during the 50th Anniversary Reunion at Gettysburg (1913) when Civil War veterans pledged to erect a monument to peace and reunification on …

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Greggs Cavalry Shaft Monument

Gregg Cavalry Shaft

Gregg Cavalry Shaft or the Cavalry Field Monument. About the Main Monument When was it dedicated? Oct. 15, 1884. What is it made out of? Light gray New Hampshire granite. What size is it? Approx. 29 x 7 x 7 ft. Who made it? Eisenbrown, designer. Eagle Granite Works, fabricator. What does it depict? Four-sided obelisk stands on a square pedestal and tiered base. Midway up the shaft on each side of relief images of crossed cannons, flags of carbines. The obelisk is topped by a sphere. Brevet. Lt. Col. William Brooke-Rawle delivered the historical address at the dedication. The monument consists of light gray New Hampshire granite. Monument is a two-part granite shaft topped with a square capital and a sphere, and set on a 7.7 foot square, three-part rough cut base with a tooled edges. The lower part …

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Civil War Womens Monument

Civil War Women’s Monument

Civil War Women’s Monument. About the Main Monument When was it dedicated? November 16, 2002. What is it made out of? Bronze. Who made it? Ron Tunison, Sculptor. What does it depict? Seven-foot bronze sculpture located 50 feet southwest of the historic cemetery gatehouse in Evergreen Cemetery. Honors Elizabeth Thorn, (1832-1907), a civilian. Thorn was an immigrant from Germany. At the time of the battle she was serving as the caretaker of Evergreen Cemetery because her husband Peter was off serving in the 138th Pennsylvania Infantry. Her parents and two sons under the age of six were living with her in the Cemetery gatehouse at the time of the battle. Despite being six-months pregnant, she helped to bury over ninety Union soldiers killed at Gettysburg. When was this photograph taken? October 1, 2006. Where is it located? Gettysburg National Military …

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