4th Ohio Infantry Monument, (sculpture).

4th Ohio Infantry Monument, (sculpture).

Laird, Peter B., designer.

Monumental Bronze Company, founder.

W. N. Miller, Deatrich & Rumner, contractor.

4th Ohio Infantry Monument, (sculpture).

Dedicated Sept. 14, 1887.

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Approx. 10 ft. x 87 in. x 87 in.

(On rear:) Monumental Bronze Co. of Bridgport, CT. (On front face:) 4TH OHIO/INFANTRY/1ST BRIGADE,/3RD DIVISION, 2ND CORPS./CARROLL'S BRIGADE./OHIO'S TRIBUTE (On right face:) ON THE EVENING/OF/JULY 2, 1863,/CARROLL'S BRIGADE/WAS SENT FROM ITS/POSITION WITH THE 2ND/CORPS TO RE-ENFORCE/THIS PORTION OF THE/LINE, AND THIS MONUMENT/MARKS THE POSITION/WHERE AS PART OF THAT/BRIGADE THE 4TH OHIO/INFANTRY AT THAT TIME/PARTICIPATED IN REPELLING/AN ATTACK OF THE ENEMY/CARROLL'S BRIGADE/COMPANIES A & B. FROM MT. VERNON./KNOX COUNTY./COMPANIES C & I FROM DELAWARE./DELAWARE COUNTY./COMPANIES D & G FROM KENTON./HARDIN COUNTY. (On left face:) (Names of regiment members killed or wounded are listed) COMPANIES H & K. FROM MARION./MARION COUNTY./COMPANY E FROM WOOSTER./WAYNE COUNTY./COMPANY F FROM CANTON./STARK COUNTY. (On rear face:) PRINCIPLE/ENGAGEMENTS/RICH MOUNTAIN/ROMMEY/BLUE'S GAP/WINCHESTER/FRONT ROYAL/HARRISON'S LANDING/FREDERICKSBURG/CHANCELLORSVILLE/GETTYSBURG/BRISTOE STATION/ROBERTSON'S TAVERN/MINE RUN/MORTON'S FORD/WILDERNESS/LAUREL HILL/SPOTTSYLVANIA (sic)/NY RIVER/NORTH ANNA RIVER/TOTOPHOTMOY/COLD HARBOR/CARROLL'S BRIGADE/ORGANIZED FOR THREE MONTHS' SERVICE/AT COLUMBUS, OHIO, APRIL 21, 1861./REORGANIZED FOR THREE YEARS' SERVICE/AT CAMP DENNISON, OHIO, JUNE 5, 1861./MUSTERED OUT AT EXPIRATION OF TERM/OF SERVICE JUNE 22, 1864. Founder's mark appears.

Ornate pedestal stands on a simulated rough-hewn base. Relief elements on the pedestal include a State Seal, eight crossed flags, an eagle with four crossed flags and weapons and three crossed rifles. A uniformed sentry figure and shaft, in storage at the time of the SOS! survey, stood on top of the pedestal.

History -- United States -- Civil War

History -- United States -- Ohio

Animal -- Bird -- Eagle

Figure male -- Full length

Occupation -- Military -- Soldier

Dress -- Uniform -- Military Uniform

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, Baltimore Street, East Cemetery Hill, Gettysburg, Pennsylvania 17325

Commissioned for $2,500 by the Veteran's Association of the 4th Ohio, this monument is one of 20 honoring Ohio troops who participated in the Gettysburg campaign. It is also one of the few zinc or "white bronze" pieces in the park. It marks the position held by the 4th Ohio Infantry where they helped repell a Confederate assault from reaching the crest of Cemetery Hill. The monument originally included a shaft and a soldier figure on top. These were removed in 1976 because their weight was causing stress cracks to appear at the base. The shaft was leaning 7 degrees when it and the figure were dismantled. The sculpture (referred to as MN 309) is referenced in the Gettysburg National Military Park Archives. IAS files include an excerpt from "Gettysburg: Stories of Men and Monuments," by Frederick W. Hawthorne (Association of Licensed Battlefield Guides, 1988), which include a photograph of the monument in its original form and detailed dimensions.

Save Outdoor Sculpture, Pennsylvania survey, 1995.

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