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63rd Pennsylvania Infantry Monument, (sculpture). Artist:  C. Van Gunden, Young & Drumm, fabricator. Bureau Brothers, founder. Title:  63rd Pennsylvania Infantry Monument, (sculpture). Dates:  Dedicated Sept. 11, 1889. Digital Reference:  Medium:  Granite; Relief plaque: bronze; Base: granite. Dimensions:  Overall: approx. H. 11 ft. 5 in. Inscription:  (On front:) 63D PENNSYLVANIA INFANTRY/(list of battles)/(On back:) PRESENT AT GETTYSBURG/296 OFFICERS AND MEN/KILLED 1 MAN: WOUNDED 3 OFFICERS AND 26 MEN/CAPTURED OR MISSING 4 MEN (On front:) MUSTERED IN AT PITTSBURGH PA/AUGUST-SEPTEMBER 1861/MUSTERED OUT JULY 31ST - SEPTEMBER 9TH 1864 (On base:) 1ST BRIGADE 1ST DIVISION 3D CORPS (On bronze plaque:) BUREAU BROS. PHILA unsigned Founder's mark appears. Description:  A cylindrical granite monument topped with the Third Corps diamond symbol is adorned on the front with a bronze relief plaque depicting the Pennsylvania state seal. Subject:  History -- United States -- Civil War History -- United States -- Pennsylvania Emblem -- Seal Object Type:  Outdoor Sculpture -- Pennsylvania -- Gettysburg 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, Intersection of Emmitsburg & Wheatfield Roads, Gettysburg, Pennsylvania 17325 Remarks:  The monument (also referred to as MN 187) is on the National Park Service, List of Classified Structures, and is referenced in the Gettysburg National Military Park Archives, vol. 30, 1975-1976. The monument marks the general position held by skirmishers of the 63rd Pennsylvania on July 2, 1863. 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 PA002002   Copy/Holding information Smithsonian AmericanArt Museum Control Number   Inventory of American Sculpture PA002002 Add Copy to MyList Format: HTMLPlain textDelimited Subject:   Email to:

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