Monument Detail

2nd Maryland Infantry, CSA Monument

Battleground Inventory Data

Contributor:
Bias, Mark (Mark's Photo Huntington, WV) Photographer
Contributor:
NPS Office of the Chief Information Officer. National Information Systems Center. Systems Operations Division Sponsor
Publisher:
U. S. National Park Service
Is Part Of:
Civil War Heritage Digital Collection
Is Part Of:
Civil War Heritage Assets Digital Collection
Is Part Of:
Civil War Monuments and Markers Digital Collection
Note:
Only Maryland Confederate Monument on battlefield, 1st one erected to commerate CSA troops. Indicates position reached night July 2, 1863. Position marker (350'NW) farthest advance made. LF&RF located N-S of Mn. Mn located E side Slocum Ave.
Note:
Mn & 3 markers. Base 5'4"sq tapered smooth cut. 3 part shaft of smooth cut stone, polished excised lettering, state seal bas-relief, incised inscriptions, cross bas-reliefs. Pryamid top w/ ball apex. All 9'-6"H. LF&RF 1'sq x1'6"H. Position 1'sq x2'H.
Subject:
Civil War, 1861-1865
Subject:
Armies and military organization, Civil War, 1861-1865
Subject:
Battles of the Civil War, 1863
Subject:
Battle of Gettysburg, Pa., July 1-3, 1863
Park Name:
Gettysburg
Place:
Pennsylvania -- Adams County -- Gettysburg National Military Park
Lat: 39.8166700
Long: -77.2183000
Park code:
GETT
Summary:
Images were contracted by the NPS Office of the Chief Information Officer as part of a larger project to add images of all Civil War monuments to the NPS Civil War Soldiers and Sailors System
Related To:
Civil War Soldiers & Sailors System
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