56th Pennsylvania Infantry 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:
- Marks position of 56th Pennsylvania Infantry on July 1 1863, when allowed the honor to open 1st Union Infantry fire upon Hill's Corps. 1 of 110 Mns in Park to PA commands in Gettsyburg Campaign. Located on E side of N Reynolds Ave, N of RR cut.
- Note:
- Mn & 2 flank markers. Cylindrical bronze shaft 6'2" cir. w/ info panels & state seal, atop foundation, 8'4" cir. Shaft capped w/ set of furled standard & 3 muskets, all bronze. Flank markers, apex topped, 1'x1'x1'5".
- 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: 39.8389600
Long: -77.2472900 - 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