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List of monuments of the Gettysburg Battlefield

List of monuments of the Gettysburg Battlefield

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The monuments of the Gettysburg Battlefield commemorate the July 1 to 3, 1863 Battle of Gettysburg in the American Civil War. Most are located within Gettysburg National Military Park; others are on private land at battle sites in and around Gettysburg, Pennsylvania. Together, they represent "one of the largest collections of outdoor sculpture in the world."[1]

Gettysburg Battlefield, circa 1903, looking south along Cemetery Ridge and Hancock Avenue. The Equestrian Statue of General George Gordon Meade (1895) is left of center; the field of Pickett's Charge is right.

The majority of the monuments are listed as contributing structures within Gettysburg Battlefield Historic District. The historic district was approved by the Keeper of the National Register of Historic Places on January 23, 2004.

Park road system in 1998

As of 2008, the National Park Service unit managed 1,320 monuments and markers, 410 cannons, 148 historic buildings, and 41 miles (66 km) of roads (8 miles of them, unpaved).[2] The largest concentration of monuments is at the Gettysburg National Cemetery, where President Abraham Lincoln gave his Gettysburg Address.

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  • Confederate and Union monuments are listed separately.
  • State monuments and monuments to individuals are listed alphabetically within their sections.
  • Regimental monuments are grouped within a state's section by type: Artillery / Cavalry / Infantry / Other (engineers, militia, reserves, sharpshooters).
  • Maryland has a section on both the Confederate and Union lists.
  • Most of the listings include the monument's GPS coordinates.
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References

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    Statue of Col. Charles F. Taylor of Kennett Square, Pennsylvania. Killed at Gettysburg on July 2, 13th Pennsylvania Reserves (42nd Pennsylvania Infantry Regiment) "Bucktails" "1st Rifles", Col. Taylor was the youngest colonel of the Union Army at the time of his death. His brother was the author Bayard Taylor. (source: Gettysburg National Military Park)
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    New Hampshire Sharpshooters, (sculpture)
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    Hawthorne, Frederick W. ‘’Gettysburg: Stories of Men and Monuments’’, The Association of Licensed Battlefield Guides, Hanover PA 1988 p. 81
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    New Hampshire Sharpshooters, (sculpture)
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    Jorgensen, Kathryn (November 2002). "Gettysburg Civil War Women's Memorial Dedication Nov. 16". The Civil War News. Archived from the original on 2011-09-10. Retrieved 2012-03-02.
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    "Jennie Wade Memorial" (Google News Archive). The Star and Sentinel. September 11, 1901. Retrieved 2012-03-31.
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    "In Jennie Wade's Memory" (PGarchiver.com pay-per-view article). The Sun. September 17, 1901. Retrieved 2012-03-31. The shaft in memory of Jennie Wade ... was made by a woman, Mrs. Anna M. Miller, of Gettysburg.
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