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 East junction of Taneytown Road, Steinwehr & Washington Gettysburg Pennsylvania 17325
Date:
Dedicated Sept. 14, 1887
Notes:
Save Outdoor Sculpture, Pennsylvania survey, 1995.
Image on file.
(On front:) 55TH/OHIO/INFANTRY/2D BRIG. 2D DIV. 11TH CORPS./ERECTED BY THE STATE OF OHIO (On plaque, left:) 55TH/OHIO INFANTRY/ORGANIZED FOR 3 YEARS/AT NORWALK, OHIO./AUTUMN OF 1861. SERVED IN/THE MOUNTAIN DEPARTMENT./1ST CORPS. ARMY OF VIRGINIA./AND 11TH CORPS./ARMY OF THE POTOMAC./WAS TRANSFERRED IN SEPTEMBER./1863. TO ARMY OF THE/CUMBERLAND./SERVED IN GRANT'S CHATTANOOGA/CAMPAIGN/AND WITH THE 20TH CORPS IN/SHERMAN'S GEORGIA AND CAROLINA/CAMPAIGNS./MUSTERED OUT JULY 11, 1865 (On plaque, right:) 55TH/OHIO INFANTRY/ARRIVED AT 2:20 P.M. JULY 1, IN/THIS POSITION WHICH IT HELD/THROUGHOUT THE BATTLE/WITH SEVERE LOSS./ITS SKIRMISHERS DROVE BACK/THOSE OF THE ENEMY/AND SEIZED A BARN BETWEEN/THE LINES,/WHERE 12 OF ITS MEN WERE SURROUNDED AND CAPTURED BY/THE ENEMY'S MAIN LINE./CASUALTIES/6 KILLED. 31 WOUNDED./12 MISSING. unsigned
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Summary:
Sculpture consists on a shaft on a two-tiered base. On the front face of the shaft is a uniformed soldier crouching behind a stone fence. He is firing his rifle and is kneeling on his proper right knee. The 11th Corps crescent appears at the top front.
