High Water Mark of the Rebellion, (sculpture).

High Water Mark of the Rebellion, (sculpture).

Bachelder, John B., designer.

Henry-Bonnard Bronze Company, founder.

High Water Mark of the Rebellion, (sculpture).

High Water Mark, (sculpture).

ca. Sept.-Oct. 1891. Dedicated June 2, 1892.

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Sculpture: bronze; Base: Fox Island and Quincy granite; Water table: Gettysburg granite; Walkway: granolithic concrete.

Sculpture: approx. H. 4 ft. x W. 4 ft. 6 in.; Base: approx. 9 ft. x 11 ft. 4 in. x 11 ft. (1,272 lbs.).

Henry-Bonnard Bronze Co. N.Y. 1891 (On left page:) HIGH WATER MARK OF THE REBELLION/THIS COPSE OF TREES WAS THE LAND MARK TOWARD WHICH LONGSTREET'S ASSAULT WAS DIRECTED JULY 3, 1863 (List of Confederate commands follows) (On right page:) REPULSE OF LONGSTREET'S ASSAULT/(List of Union commands follows) (On plaque on tapered base, front:) DESIGNED BY AND ERECTED UNDER THE SUPERINTENDENCE OF JOHN B. BACHELDER COMMANDS HONORED/IN RECOGNITION OF PATRIOTISM AND GALLANTRY DISPLAYED/BY THEIR RESPECTIVE TROOPS WHO MET OR ASSIST TO REPULSE/LONGSTREET'S ASSAULT/THE FOLLOWING STATES HAVE CONTRIBUTED TO ERECT THIS TABLET/MAINE, NEW HAMPSHIRE, VERMONT, MASSACHUSETTS, RHODE ISLAND, CONNECTICUT, NEW YORK/NEW JERSEY, DELAWARE, PENNSYLVANIA, WEST VIRGINIA, OHIO, MICHIGAN, MINNESOTA (On plaque on tapered base, rear:) GETTYSBURG BATTLEFIELD MEMORIAL ASSOCIATION/ORGANIZED APRIL 30, 1864/DIRECTORS 1895/(List of officers, directors and members follows) (Plaque on left lists Infantry commands which met Longstreet's Assault) (Plaque on right lists Infantry commands in Longstreet's charging column) Founder's mark appears.

An oversized open book is propped up on a pyramid of cannon balls. The work stands on a tapered square base, a tiered square base and a small, low-stepped plaza and is flanked by a cannons and small pyramidal stacks of cannon balls. The inscription on the pages of the open book lists the divisions and brigades from both the Union and Confederate armies who participated in Longstreet's assault.

History -- United States -- Civil War

Object -- Written Matter -- Book

Object -- Weapon -- Cannon

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, Hancock Avenue, Gettysburg, Pennsylvania 17325

Monument is one of 6 national monuments which honors both Union and Confederate troops on the battlefield. It was designed by John B. Bachelder, historian, park superintendent and later supervisor of tablets and inscriptions for the Battlefield Memorial Association. The piece marks the site where a decisive battle was fought. The sculpture (referred to as MN 230) is listed on the National Park Service List of Classified Structures and is referenced in the Gettysburg National Military Park Archives, vol. 1.

Save Outdoor Sculpture, Pennsylvania survey, 1995.

Dupre, Judith, "Monuments: America's History in Art and Memory," New York, NY: Random House, Inc., 2007, pg. 37.

Dupre, Judith, "Monuments: America's History in Art and Memory," New York, NY: Random House, Inc., 2007, pg. 37.

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