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Moynehan, F.,
Marietta Memorials,
History -- United States
History -- United States
Animal -- Bird
Outdoor Sculpture -- Pennsylvania -- Gettysburg
Obelisk
Sculpture
Co.
F
1 U.S. Sharpshooters (Vermont) Monument, (sculpture).
Artist:
Moynehan
,
F
.,
sculptor
.
Marietta Memorials, fabricator.
Title:
Co.
F
1 U.S. Sharpshooters (Vermont) Monument, (sculpture).
Dates:
Dedicated Oct. 9, 1898.
Digital Reference:
Medium:
Memorial: Rutland Vermont marble; Base: stone.
Dimensions:
Memorial: approx. H. 17 ft.
Inscription:
(On front of base:) CO.
F
./1ST U.S. SHARPSHOOTERS/ORGANIZED IN VERMONT IN 1861-/ASSIGNED TO THE 6TH CORPS IN 1862/TO THE 3RD CORPS IN 1863/AND TO THE 2ND CORPS IN 1864. (On side of base:) VERMONT (text continues)
Description:
A tall fluted Corinthian column topped by an eagle with wings spread.
Subject:
History -- United States -- Civil War
History -- United States -- Vermont
Animal -- Bird -- Eagle
Object Type:
Outdoor Sculpture -- Pennsylvania -- Gettysburg
Obelisk
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, In Pitzer Woods, off Berdan Avenue, west of West Confederate Avenue, Gettysburg, Pennsylvania 17325
Remarks:
The monument marks the advanced site occupied by Co.
F
on the morning of July 2, 1863, when they advanced from the III Corps lines to the woods on the Fairfield (Millestown) Road, where they met Confederate skirmishes. The monument is listed on the National Park Service, List of Classified Structures (referred to as MN74) and is referenced in the Gettysburg National Military Park Archives, vol. 37. IAS files contain a copy of the LCS report form. The monument was badly damaged in a storm in 1994, and the eagle was reconstructed by Park Service staff.
References:
Save Outdoor Sculpture, Pennsylvania survey, 1995.
National Park Service, American Monuments and Outdoor Sculpture Database, PA2083, 1989.
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 PA001814
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Inventory of American Sculpture
PA001814
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