Monument Detail

Friend to Friend Masonic Memorial 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:
Commerates Confederate & Union Masons. Depicts wounded CSA General Armistead entrusting personal effects to USA Captain Bingham to give to USA General Hancock, CSA's General's friend & fellow Mason. Given to park by Grand Lodge F&AM of PA.
Note:
16'dia base, 3 part shaft, 7'Hx11'Lx9'W, w/ bronze inscribed plaques SW & NE elev, incised inscriptions w/ masonic eblems NW & SE elev. Apex of 2 officers (Armistead & Bingham), 3'6"Hx4'L. 3/4 circle, 24'dia w/ state names circles Mn.
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: 39.8210000
Long: -77.2317900
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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