59th 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:
- 1 of 90 monuments ot NY. Locates position held by 59TH NY July 2-3, 1863. Under attack both days & repulsed Confederate soldiers both times. Located on Cemetery Ridge W of Hancock Ave, SW of Copse of Trees. LF&RF 27'&75' to Mn, respectively.
- Note:
- Mn & 2 flank markers. Base: 7'2"x5'6" of two parts. Stepped, tapered shaft w/excised detail & polished inscriptions. Bronze medallion in peak, capped by pryamidal top. All 11'8" H. LF&RF marker 1'sq x1'5"H. Bronze accoutrements missing.
- 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: 39.8120600
Long: -77.2362400
- 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
