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Beattie & Brooks,
Bureau Brothers,
History -- United States
Emblem -- Military Insignia
Emblem -- Seal
Architecture -- Military
Object -- Weapon
Outdoor Sculpture -- Pennsylvania -- Gettysburg
Relief
Sculpture
Battery H, 3rd Pennsylvania Artillery Monument, (sculpture).
Artist:
Beattie & Brooks, sculptor.
Bureau
Brothers,
founder
.
Title:
Battery H, 3rd Pennsylvania Artillery Monument, (sculpture).
Other Titles:
Rank's Battery, (sculpture).
Battery H, Third Pennsylvania Artillery Monument, (sculpture).
Dates:
Installed Aug.-Sept. 1889. Dedicated Sept. 17, 1891.
Digital Reference:
Medium:
Sculpture: granite with bronze relief; Base: granite.
Dimensions:
Sculpture: approx. 10 ft. x 6 ft. x 40 in.; Base: approx. 19 in. x 7 ft. 10 in. x 5 ft. 6 in.
Inscription:
(On bas-relief:) BEATTIE & BROOKS SC/
BUREAU
BROS. PHILA. (On front, above relief:) BATTERY H (Below relief:) 3D PENNSYLVANIA HEAVY ARTILLERY/1ST BRIGADE 2D DIVISION/CAVALRY CORPS/MOUNTED AS A BATTERY OF LIGHT ARTILLERY MAY 6, 1863/SECOND SECTION PARTICIPATED IN THE BATTLE (On right:) TEMPORARILY ATTACHED TO THE 1ST BRIGADE 2D DIVISION/CAVALRY CORPS/FROM JUNE 28 TO JULY 7, 1863 (On left:) MUSTERED IN/JANUARY 19, 1863/MUSTERED OUT JULY 25, 1865
Founder
's mark appears.
Description:
Marker with rounded top and sloping plinth stands on rough-hewn base. The top and sides of the marker have rough-hewn surfaces. Recessed onto the front is a bas-relief of a cannon sitting on a rutted road against a split-rail fence. There are trees on the right and in the distance. A State Seal is affixed above the bas-relief and the Corps insignia of crossed swords is on the front face of the plinth.
Subject:
History -- United States -- Civil War
Emblem -- Military Insignia
Emblem -- Seal
Architecture -- Military -- Battlefield
Object -- Weapon -- Cannon
Object Type:
Outdoor Sculpture -- Pennsylvania -- Gettysburg
Relief
Sculpture
Owner:
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, Hanover Road, north side, west of entrance to East Cavalry Field, Gettysburg, Pennsylvania 17325
Remarks:
Monument is one of 110 honoring Pennsylvania troops who participated in the Gettysburg campaign. It indicates the position held by a section of Battery H on July 2, 1863 when they fired into the moving columns of Ewell's Corps. The sculpture (referred to as MN 381) is referenced in the Gettysburg National Military Park Archives, vol. 35.
References:
Save Outdoor Sculpture, Pennsylvania survey, 1995.
Illustration:
Image on file.
Note:
The information provided about this artwork was compiled as part of the Smithsonian American Art Museum's Inventories of American Painting and Sculpture database, designed to provide descriptive and location information on artworks by American artists in public and private collections worldwide.
Repository:
Inventories of American Painting and Sculpture, Smithsonian American Art Museum, P.O. Box 37012, MRC 970, Washington, D.C. 20013-7012
Control Number:
IAS PA000859
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Inventory of American Sculpture
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