79th Pennsylvania Veteran Infantry Regiment Monument, (sculpture).

79th Pennsylvania Veteran Infantry Regiment Monument, (sculpture).

George H. Mitchell & Company, contractor.

Bock, Richard W., 1865-1949, sculptor.

79th Pennsylvania Veteran Infantry Regiment Monument, (sculpture).

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Sculpture: bronze; Base: Tennessee granite and Barre granite.

Sculpture: approx. 14 x 3 x 3 ft.; Base: approx. 7 ft. x 4 ft. 4 in. x 4 ft. 4 in.

(Front of pedestal, on polished panel:) 79th REGIMENT/PENNSYLVANIA/VETERAN VOLUNTEER/INFANTRY/2ND BRIGADE. 1ST DIVISION/14TH CORPS./COL. HENRY A. HAMBRIGHT/COMMANDING (One side of pedestal, on polished panel:) NUMBER ENGAGED/IN BATTLE/OF CHICKAMAUGA 390/KILLED.WOUNDED/AND MISSING 137 (Other side of pedestal, on polished panel:) ORGANIZED IN LANCASTER/COUNTY, PA. SEPT. 1861./RE-ENLISTED/AS VETERAN VOLUNTEERS/AT CHATTANOOGA, TENN./FEB. 12, 1864./MUSTERED OUT AT FAIRFAX/SEMINARY, VA. JULY 12, 1865 (Rear of pedestal, on polished panel:) THIS REGIMENT HELD THIS/POSITION FROM EARLY/SUNDAY MORNING/SEPTEMBER 20TH/UNTIL EVENING/WHEN ORDERED TO RETIRE. unsigned

Two Civil War flagbearers are depicted in battle. One soldier stands with his proper right leg forward, holding the flag aloft in his proper left hand, with a rifle in his proper right hand. To his proper left side is the other soldier, who kneels on his proper right knee, gripping the staff of the flag with his proper right hand. The sculpture is mounted upon a square base with an upper pedestal, set on a two-stepped, rock-faced lower base. On the lower front of the pedestal is a carved acorn.

History -- United States -- Civil War

History -- United States -- Pennsylvania

Figure group -- Male

Occupation -- Military -- Soldier

State of Being -- Evil -- War

Dress -- Uniform -- Military Uniform

Object -- Other -- Flag

Outdoor Sculpture -- Georgia -- Ft. Oglethorpe

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

Administered by Chickamauga and Chattanooga National Military Park, P. O. Box 2128, Ft. Oglethorpe, Georgia 30742

Located Chickamauga and Chattanooga National Military Park, Battleline Road, Ft. Oglethorpe, Georgia

The monument commemorates the involvement of the 79th Regiment Veteran Volunteer Infantry, 2nd Brigade, 1st Division, 14th Corps, Colonel Henry A. Hambright commanding, at the Battle of Chickamauga during the Civil War. It was placed by the State of Pennsylvania and veterans and marks the position held by the regiment during the battle. The cost was $1,500. IAS files contain excerpt from Jack Kerr's "Monuments and Markers of the 29 States Engaged at Chickamauga and Chattanooga," Collegedale, TN: The College Press, n.d., cover pg.; and a copy of Georgia Historic Resources 1988 form, Historic Preservation Section, Georgia Department of Natural Resources. The monument is on the National Park Service List of Classified Structures, No. 03121 or 03141. IAS files contain a copy of the LCS report form.

Save Outdoor Sculpture, Georgia survey, 1994.

National Park Service, American Monuments and Outdoor Sculpture Database, GA7429, 1989.

Pierre, Dorathi Bock, ed., "Memoirs of an American Artist, Sculptor Richard W. Bock," Los Angeles, CA: C.C. Publishing Co., c1989, 1991, pg. 49.

Kerr, Jack, "Monuments and Markers of the 29 States Engaged at Chickamauga and Chattanooga," Collegedale, TN: The College Press, n.d., cover pg.

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