The 69th Pennsylvania Infantry Monument at Gettysburg is located south of the town of Gettysburg, close to the Copse of Trees. It was dedicated in 1887 by the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania. The drawing of the monument (above) is from the Philadelphia Inquirer article describing the regimental histories and ceremonies that took place in 1889. For […]
The 49th Pennsylvania Infantry Monument at Gettysburg is located south of the town of Gettysburg on Howe Road. It was dedicated as part of the group of monuments paid for by the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania in 1889. The view of the monument (above) is from a Philadelphia Inquirer article of 11 September 1889 on the festivities […]
The 39th Pennsylvania Infantry (10th Pennsylvania Reserves) Monument at Gettysburg is located south of Gettysburg on Confederate Avenue at the foot of Big Round Top. It was not ready for the Pennsylvania Day ceremonies of 1889 and therefore was dedicated in 1890. The view of the Monument pictured above is from Steven Recker’s Virtual Gettysburg […]
The 29th Pennsylvania Infantry Monument at Gettysburg, pictured above in a drawing that appeared in the Philadelphia Inquirer in 1889, was actually the second monument to that regiment that was placed on the battlefield. The first was erected in 1885 and is close to the second, southeast of Gettysburg, on Culp’s Hill and Slocum Avenue. […]
(Part 57 of an ongoing series on the Battle of Gettysburg). Around the base of the Pennsylvania Memorial at Gettysburg are a series of plaques which, by regiment and company, note the names of every soldier who was present at the Battle of Gettysburg. This post will present the plaque recognizing the men who served […]
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