20th Maine Infantry Monument, (sculpture).

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20th Maine Infantry Monument, (sculpture).

Unknown, sculptor.

20th Maine Infantry Monument, (sculpture).

Twentieth Maine Infantry Monument, (sculpture).

Dedicated Oct. 3, 1889.

Sculpture: granite; Base: granite.

Sculpture: approx. 6 ft. 1 in. x 42 in. x 42 in.; Base: approx. 2 x 5 x 5 ft.

(On front:) 20TH MAINE REG'T/3RD BRIG. 1ST DIV. 5TH CORPS,/COLONEL/JOSHUA L. CHAMBERLINE,/CAPTURED AND HELD THIS/POSITION ON THE EVENING/OF JULY 2ND 1863, PURSUING/THE ENEMY FROM ITS FRONT/ON THE LINE MARKED BY/ITS MONUMENT BELOW./THE REG'T LOST IN THE BATTLE/130 KILLED AND WOUNDED/OUT OF 358 ENGAGED./THIS MONUMENT MARKS THE/EXTREME LEFT OF THE UNION/LINE DURING THE BATTLE OF/THE 3RD DAY. unsigned

History -- United States -- Civil War

Outdoor Sculpture -- Pennsylvania -- Gettysburg

Administered by United States Department of the Interior, National Park Service, Washington, District of Columbia

Administered by Gettysburg National Military Park, 97 Taneytown Road, Gettysburg, Pennsylvania 17325

Located Gettysburg National Military Park, Summit of Big Round Top, Gettysburg, Pennsylvania 17325

Monument indicates the position held by the 20th Maine Infantry on the night of July 2, 1863 until relieved as part of the VI Corps on July 3. It also marks the advance position of the regiment during their counter charge against Law's Alabamans on the evening of July 2. The sculpture (referred to as MN 372) is referenced in the Gettysburg National Military Park Archives, vol. 14.

Surveyed 1995 April. Treatment needed.

Save Outdoor Sculpture, Pennsylvania survey, 1995.

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