Sculpture: white granite; Base: granite. Tondo: bronze
Type:
Sculptures-Outdoor Sculpture
Sculptures-Relief
Sculptures
Owner/Location:
Administered by United States Department of the Interior National Park Service Washington District of Columbia
Administered by Gettysburg National Military Park 97 Taneytown Road Gettysburg Pennsylvania 17325
Located Gettysburg National Military Park Geary Avenue opposite Pardee Field Gettysburg Pennsylvania 17325
Date:
Dedicated Sept. 14, 1887
Notes:
Save Outdoor Sculpture, Pennsylvania survey, 1995.
Image on file.
(On front:) BOYS, KEEP THE COLORS UP/5TH OHIO INFANTRY 1ST BRIGADE/2ND DIVISION 12TH CORPS/ERECTED BY THE STATE OF OHIO (On left:) 5TH OHIO INFANTRY/GETTYSBURG/JULY 1, 2, 3, 1863/PRESENT FOR DUTY 315/KILLED 2/ WOUNDED 16/TOTAL LOSS 18/CINCINNATI REGIMENT (On rear:) 5TH OHIO INFANTRY/ORGANIZED JUNE 21, 1861./MUSTERED OUT JULY 26, 1865./PRINCIPAL ENGAGEMENTS/BLUE'S GAP/WINCHESTER-1862/LEWISTON-NEAR PORT REPUBLIC/CEDAR MOUNTAIN/ANTIETAM/DUMFRIES/CHANCELLORSVILLE/GETTYSBURG/WAUHATCHIE/LOOKOUT MOUNTAIN/ROCKIE FACE/RESACA/NEW HOPE CHURCH/LITTLE KENESAW/PEACH TREE CREEK/ATLANTA/SAVANNAH/CAROLINA CAMPAIGN/5TH OHIO INFANTRY/1ST BRIGADE/ 2ND DIVISION 12TH CORPS (On right:) 5TH OHIO INFANTRY/ARIVING IN POSITION AT 5 P.M./JULY 1, WAS DETACHED AND HELD/EXTREME LEFT OF LINE ON NORTH/SIDE OF LITTLE ROUND TOP/MORNING OF JULY 2 MOVED TO/CULP'S HILL, AND AT EVENING/MOVED AS FAR AS ROCK CREEK TO/REINFORCE THE LEFT. RETURNED/TO CULP'S HILL DURING THE NIGHT/AND ON THE MORNING OF JULY 3 WAS/ENGAGED WHERE THIS MONUMENT/STANDS UNTIL 11 A.M. IN REPULSING/THE ENEMY AND RETAKING THE/UNION WORKS./CINCINNATI REGIMENT unsigned
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Summary:
Monument consists of a vertical rectangular marker with a decorative apexed cap and a two-tiered base. A relief of a crossed musket and Union flag is on the front face. The 12th Corps star insignia appears on each face of the cap. At the top are two knapsacks with bedrolls which lean together to form the apex. An owl relief appears on two sides, below the points at which the bedrolls meet. The monument is accompanied by a bronze tondo with an owl and the phrase, "Boys keep the colors up./5th O.V.I./Badge."
