121st Pennsylvania Infantry Monument, (sculpture).

121st Pennsylvania Infantry Monument, (sculpture).

Bureau Brothers, founder.

Heins and Bye, fabricator.

121st Pennsylvania Infantry Monument, (sculpture).

Dedicated July 4, 1888.

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Sculpture: granite with bronze elements; Base: stone.

Sculpture: approx. 10 ft. 9 in. x 3 ft. 10 in. x 2 ft. 6 in.; Base: approx. W. 6 ft. 9 in. x D. 5 ft. 1 in.

(Inscriptions are incised on four sides of the sculpture) Founder's mark appears.

A rectangular monument containing bronze and granite reliefs stands on a low, sloped base. There is bed roll, cap and sword on the top and an American flag is draped over the top right side. There is a bronze rifle, pointing upward, on the left side and a set of small accouterments on the front, sloped part of the base. A bronze relief of the Pennsylvania Coat of Arms is affixed to the lower front of the monument.

History -- United States -- Civil War

History -- United States -- Pennsylvania

Emblem -- Coat of Arms

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, East side of Reynolds Avenue at the south end, Gettysburg, Pennsylvania 17325

The monument is one of 110 honoring Pennsylvania troops who participated in the Gettysburg campaign and one of two dedicated to the 121th Pennsylvania Infantry. It marks the position the regiment held on the extreme flank of the first corps line on July 1, 1863, until outflanked and forced to fall back. The sculpture is referred to as MN 47 and is referenced in the Gettysburg National Military Park Archives, vol. 33. It is also listed on the National Park Service List of Classified Structures.

Save Outdoor Sculpture, Pennsylvania survey, 1995.

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