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 topped by a spread wing eagle and set on a central projecting node base. The shaft is incised with inscriptions, excised coat-of-arms, and incised commanders’ names in the circular wall part.

When was this photograph taken? December 9, 2011.

Location: South Hancock Avenue near the Pennsylvania Monument. Located on the east side of south Hancock Avenue.

Is this monument located along the NPS Auto Tour route? No.

Has this monument been moved or changed? This monument has not been changed or materially altered.

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 died on active military duty at Governor’s Island, New York, February 9, 1886.

When was this photograph taken? November 16, 2011.

Location: In front of the George Spangler Farm on the Hospital Road.

Is this monument located along the NPS Auto Tour route? No.

Has this monument been moved or changed? This monument has not been changed or materially altered.

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 of / the Army of the Potomac / July 1-3, 1863 / The War Library and Museum / and / The Pennsylvania Commandery / both of / The Military Order of / The Loyal Legion of the United States / 7.45 acres

When was this photograph taken? September 19, 2009.

Where is it located? Gettysburg National Military Park, Gettysburg, Pennsylvania, 17325. Located on North Reynolds Avenue near the Western Maryland Railroad Cut.

Is this monument located along the NPS Auto Tour route? Yes.

Has this monument been moved or changed? This monument has not been changed or materially altered.

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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 dedicated November 19, 1965 by the Gettysburg Battlefield Preservation Association.

When was this photograph taken? June 6, 2011.

Where is it located? Gettysburg National Military Park, Gettysburg, Pennsylvania 17325. West Howard Avenue.

Is this monument located along the NPS Auto Tour route? Located on the extended tour that includes Barlow’s Knoll.

Has this monument been moved or changed? This monument has not been changed or materially altered.

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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? John Page Nicholson 1842 – 1922 / Private 28th Pennsylvania Infantry July 20, 1861. Regimental Commissary Sergeant July 21, 1861. Discharged for promotion September 10, 1862. / First Lieutenant and Quartermaster 28th Pennsylvania Infantry September 10, 1862. Honorably mustered out July 18, 1865. / Brevetted Captain March 13, 186f. “For faithful and meritorious services during the war Major March 13, 1865. “For gallant and and meritorious services in the Savannah and North Carolina Campaign” Lieutenant Colonel March 13, 1865 “For gallant and meritorious services during the war.” / Recorder of Pennsylvania Commandery Military Order of the Loyal Legion of the United States / 1879-1922. / Recorder-in-Chief Military Order of the Loyal Legion of the United States 1885-1922. / Chairman of the Gettysburg National Park Commission 1893 – 1922

When was this photograph taken? April 14, 2011.

Where is it located? Gettysburg National Military Park, Gettysburg, Pennsylvania 17325. Located on North Hancock Avenue opposite the Angle.

Is this monument located along the NPS Auto Tour route? Yes.

Has this monument been moved or changed? This monument has not been materially altered or moved.

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Brief Biography: Chairman of the Gettysburg National Park Commission 1893 – 1922. Under his auspices, many of the monuments, including the markers that denote the location of each brigade, division, and corps, as well as the location of the field hospitals, were completed and placed. Nicholson also fought at Gettysburg as a member of the 28th Pennsylvania Infantry.

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 on Steuart’s Brigade across this field about 5:00 a.m. on July 3, 1863.

How is it inscribed? AT 5 A.M. THE ONE HUNDRED AND FORTY-/SEVENTH PENNA. VOLUNTEERS (LT. COL. ARIO PARDEE, JR.)/WAS ORDERED TO CHARGE AND CARRY THE STONE/WALL OCCUPIED BY THE ENEMY. THIS THEY DID IN/HANDSOME STYLE, THEIR FIRING CAUSING HEAVY/LOSS TO THE ENEMY WHO THEN ABANDONED/THE ENTIRE LINE OF THE STONE WALL./REPORT OF BRIG. GENERAL JOHN W. GEARY/COMMANDING 2ND DIVISION 12TH CORPS

When was this photograph taken? September 20, 2009.

Where is it located? Located Gettysburg National Military Park, Geary Avenue, Culp’s Hill area, Gettysburg, Pennsylvania 17325.

Is this monument located along the NPS Auto Tour route? No.

Has this monument been moved or changed? This monument has not been moved or materially altered.

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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 the names of 29 states incised on each panel.

What does it honor? The memorial depicts a kneeling Union officer — Henry Bingham of Hancock’s staff — tending to wounded Confederate General Lewis Armistead.

How is it inscribed? FRIEND TO FRIEND/A BROTHERHOOD UNDIVIDED.

When was this photograph taken? March 24, 2012.

Where is it located? Located Gettysburg National Military Park, Soldiers National Cemetery, Gettysburg, Pennsylvania 17325. It is in the Auxiliary section of the National Cemetery.

Is this monument located along the NPS Auto Tour route? No.

Has this monument been moved or changed? This monument has not been materially altered or moved.

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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 National Military Park. Stars above the plaque symbolize the states which remained loyal to the Union. It has truncated obelisks flanking a central granite slab that back a bronze Lincoln bust mounted on a pedestal. The central slab and obelisks are joined by elliptical granite walls on which are mounted bronze tablets inscribed with the Gettysburg Address and David Wills’ invitation to Lincoln to attend the cemetery dedication. The flanking walls contain a frieze with a relief of five-pointed stars and battle-axes.

How is it inscribed? LINCOLN ADDRESS/MEMORIAL/THIS MONUMENT COMMEMORATES/LINCOLN’S GETTYSBURG ADDRESS,/NOVEMBER 19, 1863./THE ADDRESS WAS DELIVERED/ABOUT 300 YARDS FROM THIS SPOT/ALONG THE UPPER CEMETERY DRIVE./THE SITE IS NOW MARKED BY THE/SOLDIER’S NATIONAL MONUMENT/DEDICATED JAN. 24, 1912 – SCULPTOR, HENRY BUSH-BROWN.

When was this photograph taken? June 4, 2010. Monument faces mainly south.

Where is it located? National Cemetery. Located near the National Cemetery’s south entrance off of the Taneytown Road.

Is this monument located along the NPS Auto Tour route? No.

Has this monument been moved or changed? This monument has not been moved or materially altered.

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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 area the parcels shown on the map prepared by Major-Gen Daniel E. Sickles U.S.A. and then on file in the office of the Secretary of War) which subject to the supervision and direction of the Secretary of War should be in charge of the Commissioners theretofore appointed by him under Act of Congress approved March 3 1893 and their successors.

The Commissioners were directed to ascertain and definitely mark the lines of battle of all troops engaged in the battle of Gettysburg within the limits of the Park or adjacent thereto subject to the approval of the Secretary of War.

522 1/4 acres of land were conveyed by the Gettysburg Battlefield Memorial Association to the United States pursuant to the act of 1895.

The Secretaries of War under whose approval the work has been done were Daniel S. Lamont, Russell A. Alger, Elihu Root, and Wm. H. Taft.

The Commissioners were Lieut. Colonel John P. Nicholson, Chairman, Penna., John B. Bachelder, Mass. and Brig-General Wm. H. Forney, Alabama appointed by the Secretary of War under the Act approved March 3, 1893. General Forney died January 16 1894, Major Wm. M. Robbins of North Carolina was appointed March 13 1894. Mr. Bachelder died December 22, 1894. Major Charles A. Richardson of New York was appointed April 25, 1895. Major Robbins died May 3, 1905. Major-Gen. Lunsford L. Lomax of Virginia was appointed May 17, 1905.

Lieut. Colonel E. B. Cope, Engineer S. Aug. Hammond Asst.-Engineer, Hays W. Mattern Draughtsman.

When was this photograph taken? October 5, 2007.

Where is it located? Gettysburg National Military Park, Gettysburg Pennsylvania 17325. Hancock Avenue near the old Visitor Center entrance off the Emmitsburg Road in Ziegler’s Grove.

Is this monument located along the NPS Auto Tour route? Yes.

Has this monument been moved or changed? This monument has not been changed or moved.

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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. He resided in Gettysburg after the war and his house, Red Patch, still stands. This is the only personal memorial erected within the Civil War interment section. Special authorization for the memorial was granted by the Secretary of War.

How is it inscribed? BVT. MAJ. GEN’L./CHA’S. H. T. COLLIS. USV/COL. 114 REG’T PENNA VOL. INFTY.,/COLLIS ZOUAVES/BORN FEB. 4 1838 DIED MAY 11 1902/ERECTED BY THE/SURVIVORS OF HIS REGIMENT/AND HIS FRIENDS.

When was this photograph taken? December 17, 2010.

Where is it located? Located Gettysburg National Military Park, Soldiers National Cemetery, Gettysburg, Pennsylvania 17325.

Is this monument located along the NPS Auto Tour route? No.

Has this monument been moved or changed? This monument has not been changed or materially altered.

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Brief Biography: Brevet Brigadier-General CharlesT. Collis is the highest ranking soldier buried in the Gettysburg National Cemetery. Collis was a Medal of Honor recipient for the battle of Fredericksburg. Wounded at Chancellorsville, he was not present at the battle of Gettysburg. After the war Collis built a summer house in Gettysburg known as “Red Patch.” It still stands on Seminary Ridge along West Confederate Avenue.