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1st Massachusetts Cavalry Monument, (sculpture). Artist:  Boston Marble & Granite Company, fabricator. Title:  1st Massachusetts Cavalry Monument, (sculpture). Dates:  Dedicated 1885. Digital Reference:  Medium:  Monument: granite; Base: stone. Dimensions:  Overall: approx. 8 ft. x 3 ft. 6 in. x 2 ft. 10 in. Inscription:  (On front of monument:) FIRST MASS. CAVALRY/3D BRIGADE/2ND CAVALRY DIVISION (Lower left front:) BOSTON MARBLE & GRANITE CO./WOR MASS unsigned Founder's mark appears. Description:  Granite monument with carved relief of a horse's head, the cavalry badge, and a horseshoe on the front. Beneath the relief on a polished panel is the incised inscription. The sides of the monument are rough hewn. Subject:  History -- United States -- Civil War History -- United States -- Massachusetts Animal -- Horse Emblem -- Military Insignia Object -- Weapon -- Sword Object -- Other -- Horseshoe Object Type:  Outdoor Sculpture -- Pennsylvania -- Gettysburg Relief 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, East side of Sedgwick Avenue, Gettysburg, Pennsylvania 17325 Remarks:  One of 25 monuments in the park honoring Massachusetts troops in the Gettysburg campaign. Dedicated October 8, 1885, it commemorates the 1st Cavalry's service as headquarters guard for General Sedgwick, and furnishing men to assist the provost marshal guarding prisoners. The monument (referred to as MN 111) is listed on the National Park Service List of Classified Structures and is referenced in the Gettysburg National Military Park Archives, vol. 16, 1975-1976. References:  Save Outdoor Sculpture, Pennsylvania survey, 1995. 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 PA001952   Copy/Holding information Smithsonian AmericanArt Museum Control Number   Inventory of American Sculpture PA001952 Add Copy to MyList Format: HTMLPlain textDelimited Subject:   Email to:

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