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Battery D, 1st New York Monument, (sculpture). Artist:  Frederick & Field, fabricator. (possibly by) Title:  Battery D, 1st New York Monument, (sculpture). Other Titles:  Winslow's Battery D Monument, (sculpture). Dates:  Dedicated July 2, 1888. Digital Reference:  Medium:  Monument: granite with bronze adornment; Base: granite. Dimensions:  Monument: approx. 11 ft. 2 in. x 7 ft. x 4 ft. 8 in.; Base: approx. 1 ft. x 8 ft. x 5 ft. 8 in. Inscription:  Frederick & Field/Quincy, Mass. (On front of monument:) BATTERY D/1ST N.Y./LIGHT ARTILLERY (On front of monument, underneath bronze relief:) ARTILLERY BRIG. THIRD CORPS (On back of monument:) THIS BATTERY (WINSLOW'S)/HELD THIS POSITION DURING/THE AFTERNOON OF JULY 2D 1863./CASUALTIES;/10 WOUNDED, 8 MISSING./MUSTERED IN SEPT. 6, 1861./ENGAGED IN 32 BATTLES./MUSTERED OUT JUNE 16, 1865 unsigned Founder's mark appears. Description:  Granite monument topped by a polished granite sphere. On the front of the monument is a bronze relief of a carriage wheel, two half-cannon tubes, bails and rammers, and bronze corps badge. The monument has a tiered base. Subject:  History -- United States -- Civil War History -- United States -- New York Object -- Weapon -- Cannon Emblem -- Military Insignia Object -- Other -- Wheel Object Type:  Outdoor Sculpture -- Pennsylvania -- Gettysburg 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, Wheatfield, Gettysburg, Pennsylvania 17325 Remarks:  One of 90 monuments in the park honoring New York commands in the Gettysburg campaign. The monument marks the position of Battery D on July 2, 1863. The left cannon relief was resecured in 1981. The right cannon relief was stolen in the summer of 1982; found and replaced by Karkadoulias Bronze Art in April of 1989. The monument (referred to as MN 140) is listed on the National Park Service List of Classified Structures and is referenced in the Gettysburg National Military Park Archives, vol. 24, 1975-1976. 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 PA001955   Copy/Holding information Smithsonian AmericanArt Museum Control Number   Inventory of American Sculpture PA001955 Add Copy to MyList Format: HTMLPlain textDelimited Subject:   Email to:

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