140th 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 attained by 140th New York on July 2, 1863 when they met Hood's Division attacking up slopes of Little Round Top. Erected on spot where Col Patrick O'Rourke fell dead, shot while leading charge.
- Note:
- Rough hewn base, 7'x5'8". Rough hewn shaft. All 7'3" high. Bronze inscription tablets on N & S, 1'4"X2'. Portrait relief tondo of Col Patrick O'Rourke on W, 2'2" in diameter. State seal tondo on E. Flank markers, apex topped, 1'x1'x8".
- 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: 39.7914200
Long: -77.2370100
- 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
