Sculpture: polished and rough-hewn Westerly granite with bronze inset; 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 Webb Avenue at the Angle Gettysburg Pennsylvania 17325
Date:
Dedicated July 3, 1887
Notes:
Save Outdoor Sculpture, Pennsylvania survey, 1995.
Image on file.
(Incised around trefoil, front top:) CALIFORNIA REGIMENT (Incised at top, left:) HEROISM (Incised around trefoil, rear top:) PHILADELPHIA BRIGADE (Incised at top, right:) PATRIOTISM (Incised on front:) 71 PENNSYLVANIA VOLS./COMMANDED BY COL. R. PENN SMITH/CARRIED INTO ACTION/24 OFFICERS 307 ENLISTED MEN/CASUALTIES/KILLED 2 OFFICERS 19 ENLISTED MEN/WOUNDED 2 OFFICERS 19 ENLISTED MEN/WOUNDED 3 (OFFICERS) 55 ENLISTED MEN/MISSING 3 OFFICERS/16 ENLISTED MEN/TOTAL 98 (At base, front:) 2 BRIG. 2 DIV. 2 CORPS. (Inscription on right side describes the regiment's organization, explains required credit to the State of California, ultimately claimed as regiment of Pennsylvania) (Inscription on rear describes the regiment's involvement July 3, when opposing Pickett's Division attacking from Seminary Ridge) (Inscription summarizes the regiments' principal battles and the number of men mustered out July 2, 1864) unsigned
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