General G.K. Warren

> Posted 28 Feb 08 in Civil War, Monument Project

One of the most popular monuments for photographers on the battlefield is the bronze portrait statue to General Warren on Little Round Top. The monument was dedicated on August 8, 1888. It was erected at the cost of $5,000.00. The Warren statue has a height of 9′. It was sculpted by Karl Gerhardt. Gerhardt was a machinist who dabbled in sculpture. Interestingly, his education as an artist was paid for by Mark Twain. He executed Grant’s death mask.

Warren was the chief engineer of the Army of the Potomac at Gettysburg. He later commanded it’s Fifth Corps.

Members of Warren’s former command, the 5th New York Infantry, spearheaded the monument project. All of the money was privately raised. The boulder upon which the monument sits is all considered part of the memorial and visitors to the Park are forbidden to climb upon it (though many still do anyway).

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