44th & 12th New York 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 held by 44th New York p.m. July 2, 1863 when soldiers of Hood's Div. attacked. Inscription tablets to 12th NY Infantry was added later. 1 of 90 mn in Park to NY commands. Located on W side of Sykes Ave, on summit of Little Round Top.
- Note:
- Mn consists of numerous courses of undressed granite blocks built in form of castle w/ turret & castellated overlook. Chamber & arched accesses with bronze tablets. 28' long, 21'8" wide, 44'6" high. Gate added to exclude access to stairs 1993.
- 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: 39.7912900
Long: -77.2370200
- 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