13th Vermont Infantry Monument, (sculpture).

13th Vermont Infantry Monument, (sculpture).

Moynehan, F., sculptor.

Walling, James H., designer.

Gorham Manufacturing Company, founder.

13th Vermont Infantry Monument, (sculpture).

Thirteenth Vermont Infantry Monument, (sculpture).

Dedicated Oct. 19, 1899.

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Sculpture: bronze; Base: granite.

Sculpture: approx. 7 ft. x 2 ft. 3 in. x 2 ft. 3 in.; Base: approx. 10 ft. 2 in. x 8 ft. x 8 ft.

F. MOYNEHAN SPC / GORHAM MFG CO./FOUNDERS (On plaque on front of base:) THIRTEENTH VERMONT/VOLUNTEER INFANTRY/1862-1863/ON THIS FIELD THE RIGHT REGIMENT OF/STANNARD'S VERMONT BRIGADE/THIRD BRIGADE THIRD DIVISION FIRST COPRS/(description of engagements on July 2nd and 3rd) (On plaque on right side of base:) THE REGIMENT VOLUNTEERED IN THE SUMMER/OF 1862 AND WITH 968 OFFICERS AND MEN WAS/MUSTERED INTO SERVICE OCTOBER 10, 1862/THE AVERAGE AGE OF THE MEN BEING 23 YEARS (description of service prior to Gettysburg campaign) (On plaque on back of base:) FRANCIS V. RANDALL/CAPTAIN SECOND VERMONT INFANTRY/COLONEL THIRTEENTH VERMONT INFANTRY/COLONEL SEVENTEENTH VERMONT INFANTRY (description of his command on July 2nd and 3rd) (On plaque on left side of base:) THE STATUE REPRESENTS/LIEUTENANT STEPHEN F. BROWN AND CO. K/WHO ARRIVED ON THE FIELD WITHOUT/A SWORD BUT SEIZING A CAMP HATCHET/CARRIED IT IN THE BATTLE/UNTIL HE CAPTURED A SWORD FROM/A CONFEDERATE OFFICER/PERSEVERING AND DETERMINED LIKE HIM/WERE ALL THE MEN OF THIS REGIMENT/OF GREEN MOUNTAIN BOYS signed Founder's mark appears.

A standing portrait of Lieutenant Stephen F. Brown with his proper left hand on his sword. On the ground by his proper right foot is the hatchet that he used in battle until he could appropriate a sword from a Confederate soldier. The sculpture rests atop a square granite base adorned with bronze inscription plaques.

Portrait male -- Brown, Stephen F. -- Full length

Occupation -- Military -- Lieutenant

Dress -- Uniform -- Military Uniform

Object -- Tool -- Axe

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, South Hancock Avenue, near Pleasanton Avenue, Gettysburg, Pennsylvania 17325

The memorial is installed in the position held by the 13th Vermont Infantry from the evening of July 2, 1863 until the close of the battle. The memorial is listed on the National Park Service, List of Classified Structures (referred to as MN 249) and is referenced in the Gettysburg National Military Park Archives, vol. 37.

Index of American Sculpture, University of Delaware, 1985

Gettysburg Battlefield.

Save Outdoor Sculpture, Pennsylvania survey, 1995.

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