Monument: granite with bronze adornment; Base: granite
Type:
Sculptures-Outdoor Sculpture
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 Plum Run Valley, west of Little Round Top Gettysburg Pennsylvania 17325
Date:
Dedicated July 2, 1888
Notes:
Save Outdoor Sculpture, Pennsylvania survey, 1995.
National Park Service, American Monuments and Outdoor Sculpture Database, PA5063, 1989.
Monumental News, May 1913, pg. 339.
Image on file.
(On front:) 40/N.Y. INFTY./MOZART REGIMENT/3RD BRIG. 1ST DIV. 3RD CORPS/JULY 2, 1863, 4:30 PM/CASUALTIES/KILLED 23/WOUNDED 120/MISSING/7 (on one side of stone: unit history in rectangular plaque) unsigned
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Summary:
Monument comprised of a granite soldier "hidden" behind rock, with the rifle in hand at his side. The soldier is dressed in uniform. The boulder against which he is propped is decorated with a bronze tondo New York state shield with a blind-folded figure of Justice with scales in one hand and sword in other upraised hand; and a female figure holding what appears to be a torch. Above the shield is an eagle.
