2nd Maryland Infantry CSA Monument, (sculpture).

2nd Maryland Infantry CSA Monument, (sculpture).

Flaharty and Rummel, fabricator.

2nd Maryland Infantry CSA Monument, (sculpture).

Second Maryland Infantry CSA Monument, (sculpture).

Installed Nov. 1886. Dedicated Nov. 19, 1886.

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Sculpture: Richmond granite; Base: granite.

Overall: approx. 9 ft. x 5 ft. 4 in. x 5 ft. 4 in.

(On bottom:) 1ST MD. CHANGED TO/2ND MD. INFANTRY. C.S.A. (On right:) 44 STRENGTH IN BATTLE./52 KILLED./140 WOUNDED. (Inscription on left face describes the actions of July 3, 1863) (Inscription on rear lists the chain of command and describes the actions of July 2, 1863) unsigned

Vertical tapered monument with cornice and apexed top on which is perched a polished sphere. It stands on a tiered base. Decorative relief elements include a Seal of the State of Maryland on the front face and a Cross of Lord Baltimore on each side, on the cornice.

History -- United States -- Civil War

Emblem -- Cross

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, Slocum Avenue, Gettysburg, Pennsylvania 17325

Formerly in the collection of Regimental Association,

This is the only monument to a Maryland Confederate unit and the first Confederate monument erected at Gettysburg. It marks the area penetrated by the 2nd Maryland Infantry during the Confederate attack on Culp's Hill on the evening of July 2, 1863. The monument (referred to as MN 328) is listed in the National Park Service, List of Classified Structures and is referenced in the Gettysburg National Military Park Archives, vol. 15. IAS files include a portion of a National Park Service, Mid-Atlantic Region, Classified Structure Field Inventory Report which lists the "Regimental Association" as the previous owner.

Save Outdoor Sculpture, Pennsylvania survey, 1995.

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