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 North side of Wheatfield Road at Peach Orchard Gettysburg Pennsylvania 17325
Date:
Dedicated July 2, 1888
Notes:
Save Outdoor Sculpture, Pennsylvania survey, 1995.
Image on file.
(On front:) 68TH PENNA./INFANTRY/SCOTT LEGION/THIS MONUMENT MARKS/THE LEFT OF THE REGIMENT WHILE SUPPORTING/CLARK'S BATTERY/JULY 2ND 1863./THE RIGHT RESTING 150 FEET NORTH AS INDICATED/BY FLANK MARKER, IN THE AFTERNOON THE/REGIMENT ADVANCED SOUTHWARD INTO THE/PEACH ORCHARD WHERE ITS OTHER MONUMENT/STANDS AND ENGAGED THE ENEMY/JULY 3RD AND 4TH/THE REGIMENT WAS IN LINE WITH THE DIVISION/ON LEFT CENTRE./PRESENT AT GETTYSBURG/383 OFFICERS AND MEN./KILLED 3 OFFICERS AND 10 MEN/WOUNDED 9 OFFICERS AND 117 MEN./CAPTURED OR MISSING 13 MEN/1ST BRIG. 1ST DIV./THIRD CORPS (On right side:) RECRUITED IN THE COUNTIES OF/PHILADELPHIA/MONTGOMERY AND CHESTER/MUSTERED IN SEPTEMBER 2ND 1862/MUSTERED OUT JUNE 9TH 1865./TOTAL ENROLLMENT 1049/KILLED AND DIED OF WOUNDS/10 OFFICERS, 58 MEN, TOTAL 68/WOUNDED/11 OFFICERS, AND 155 MEN, TOTAL 166/CAPTURED OR MISSING/3 OFFICERS, 100 MEN, TOTAL 103 (On left side:) FREDERICKSBURG./CHANCELLORSVILLE./GETTYSBURG./WAPPING HEIGHTS./AUBURN./KELLYS FORD./MINE RUN./WILDERNESS./GUINEA STATION./PETERSBURG unsigned
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Summary:
A square granite monument topped with the Third Corps diamond symbol is adorned on the front with a bronze relief plaque depicting the Pennsylvania state seal. The monument rests atop a two-tiered base.
