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 West side of Emmitsburg Road, in front of Sherfy House Gettysburg Pennsylvania 17325
Date:
Base dedicated: July 2, 1886; Sculpture dedicated: Nov. 11, 1888
Notes:
Save Outdoor Sculpture, Pennsylvania survey, 1995.
Image on file.
E. A. KRETSCHMAN / BUREAU BROS/BRONZE FOUNDERS/PHILA (On base:) FINNEY/PHILA (On front of base:) 114 PENNA. VOLS. INF'Y/(description of engagements)/COLLIS ZOUAVES (On right side:) KILLED AND WOUNDED/95/OFFICERS AND MEN (On back:) DEDICATED/JULY 2, 1886 (On right side:) 1ST BRIGADE/1ST DIVISION/3RD CORPS signed Founder's mark appears.
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Summary:
A bronze figure of a Zouave loading his musket stands atop a granite shaft adorned with a bronze relief plaque.
