Monument to United States Regulars, (sculpture).

Monument to United States Regulars, (sculpture).

Bitter, Karl, 1867-1915, sculptor.

Van Amringe Granite Company, fabricator.

Monument to United States Regulars, (sculpture).

United States Regulars Monument, (sculpture).

Commissioned ca. 1903-1906. Dedicated May 30, 1909.

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Sculpture: Mt. Airy granite with bronze plaques; Base: Mt. Airy granite.

Overall: approx. H. 85 ft.; Base: approx. 17 ft. x 14 ft. 6 in. x 14 ft. 6 in.; Terrace: approx. 2 ft. x 43 ft. 6 in. x 43 ft. 6 in.

(On plaque, east side:) ERECTED BY THE CONGRESS/TO COMMEMORATE THE SERVICES/OF THAT PORTION OF THE/ARMY OF THE POTOMAC/COMPOSED OF/CAVALRY ARTILLERY INFANTRY AND ENGINEERS/OF THE REGULAR ARMY OF THE UNITED STATES/IN THE GETTYSBURG CAMPAIGN JUNE-JULY 1863 (Three additional plaques contain names and other information about the United States Regulars) unsigned

Monument consists of a five-course shaft on an elevated terrace. An eagle in relief with spread wings appears on each side of the shaft at the base. A sphere tops each corner of the terrace.

History -- United States -- Civil War

Animal -- Bird -- Eagle

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, West side of Hancock Avenue, south of the Copse of Trees, Gettysburg, Pennsylvania 17325

This monument was authorized by Congress in acts passed on Feb. 18, 1903 and March 3, 1903. It is the only monument at Gettysburg commissioned by Congress to honor the regular Army who served at Gettysburg. In planning the monument, the Committee of Survivors of the Regular Army worked with the National Park Commission in summer 1906. The veterans opted for one major monument to be erected for the regular Army with leftover funds to be used for monuments to individual commands. Reportedly, Capt. Frank Furness, a consultant to Secretary of War William H. Taft, ultimately chose the design regardless of the opinions of the Committee and the Commission. Previously, vehicular traffic had access to the monument on its east and west sides. Hancock Avenue later became the only vehicular route. The monument is listed on the National Park Service List of Classified Structures (referred to as MN235) and is referenced in the Gettysburg National Military Park Archives. IAS files contain a copy of the LCS report form. The monument cost $50,000 and the plaques cost $13,000.

Save Outdoor Sculpture, Pennsylvania survey, 1995.

National Park Service, American Monuments and Outdoor Sculpture Database, PA0295, PA2098, 1989.

Monumental News, Jan. 1910, pg. 22.

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