The 81st Pennsylvania Infantry Monument at Gettysburg is located south of the town of Gettysburg in the wheat field. It was dedicated in 1889 by the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania. See Steven Recker’s Virtual Gettysburg Web Site which has more information about the monument and the 81st Pennsylvania Infantry. A full description of the monument, its […]
The 71st Pennsylvania InfantryMonument at Gettysburg is located south of the town of Gettysburg at The Angle. It was dedicated in 1887 by the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania. No drawing of the monument was available in the Philadelphia Inquirer article describing the regimental histories and ceremonies that took place in 1889. For a picture of the monument, […]
The 61st Pennsylvania Infantry Monument at Gettysburg is southeast of the town of Gettysburg on Neil Avenue. It was dedicated in 1888, a year prior to large group of monuments paid for by the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania. The drawing of the monument (above) is from the Philadelphia Inquirer article describing the regimental ceremonies. For a […]
The 41st Pennsylvania Infantry (12th Pennsylvania Reserves) Monument at Gettysburg is located south of the town of Gettysburg on the summit of Big Round Top. It was not dedicated until September 1890 due to the conflict between what the regiment wanted (a memorial hall for all the reserve units) and the Pennsylvania governor who vetoed […]
The 31st Pennsylvania Infantry (2nd Pennsylvania Reserve) Monument at Gettysburg is located south of Gettysburg on the eastern edge of the Wheatfield on Ayres Avenue. It was not dedicated by the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania until 1890 and thus it was not pictured in the 1889 article that appeared in the Philadelphia Inquirer. The picture of […]
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