Excelsior Brigade Monument, (sculpture).

Excelsior Brigade Monument, (sculpture).

Bauer, Theo, sculptor.

Power, Maurice J., 1838-1902, sculptor.

New England Monument Company, fabricator.

Railway Granite and Marble Works, fabricator.

Excelsior Brigade Monument, (sculpture).

Sickles' Excelsior Brigade Monument, (sculpture).

Cornerstone laid July 2, 1888; Dedicated July 2, 1893.

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Canopy and base: Concord granite; Columns: Keesville New York Hypersthene granite; Plaques: bronze.

Overall: approx. 21 ft. 7 in. x 4 ft. 6 in. x 4 ft. 6 in.; Eagle: approx. H. 2 ft. 9 in.; Base: approx. 9 in. x 6 ft. 2 in. x 6 ft. 2 in.

(At top:) SICKLES' EXCELSIOR BRIGADE E PLURIBUS UNUM / 2ND BRIGADE/2ND DIV 3RD CORP/COL. W. R. BREWSTER, COMMANDING POSITION JULY 2, 1863 2-6 PM/JULY 3 SUPPORTED LEFT CENTRE (On base plaques: list of regiments --74th, 70th, 71st, 72nd, and 73rd, with brief description of battle and casualties) unsigned

Granite structure with five-sided base and five polished green granite columns which support a circular canopy that is topped with a bronze eagle. The five sides of the base represent the five New York regiments, and each side features a bronze plaque with an inscription detailing the battles of each of the regiments.

History -- United States -- Civil War

History -- United States -- New York

Animal -- Bird -- Eagle

Homage -- Sickels, Daniel E.

Occupation -- Military -- General

Emblem -- Military Insignia

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, Sickles Avenue at Excelsior Field, Gettysburg, Pennsylvania 17325

The monument cost $7,500 and commemorates General Daniel E. Sickles, who at the outbreak of the Civil War, undertook the task of raising an entire brigade for service. The five regiments raised, the 70th, 71st, 72nd, 73rd, and 74th New York Infantries, fought as reinforcements along the Union lines on the Emittsburg Road. The monument to the five regiments is located on the site representing a central position. The cornerstone of the monument was laid on the twenty-fifth anniversary of the battle, July 2, 1888.

Save Outdoor Sculpture, Pennsylvania survey, 1995.

National Park Service, American Monuments and Outdoor Sculpture Database, PA5120, 1989.

Monumental News, July 1889, pg. 114.

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