68th Pennsylvania Infantry Monument, (sculpture).

68th Pennsylvania Infantry Monument, (sculpture).

Gallagher, W. C., fabricator.

68th Pennsylvania Infantry Monument, (sculpture).

Dedicated July 2, 1888.

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Granite; Relief plaque: bronze; Base: stone.

Approx. 12 ft. 4 in. x 3 ft. 1 in. x 3 ft. 1 in.; Base: approx. 39 in x 6 ft. 2 in. x 6 ft. 2 in.

(On front:) 68TH PENNA./INFANTRY/SCOTT LEGION/THIS MONUMENT MARKS/THE LEFT OF THE REGIMENT WHILE SUPPORTING/CLARK'S BATTERY/JULY 2ND 1863./THE RIGHT RESTING 150 FEET NORTH AS INDICATED/BY FLANK MARKER, IN THE AFTERNOON THE/REGIMENT ADVANCED SOUTHWARD INTO THE/PEACH ORCHARD WHERE ITS OTHER MONUMENT/STANDS AND ENGAGED THE ENEMY/JULY 3RD AND 4TH/THE REGIMENT WAS IN LINE WITH THE DIVISION/ON LEFT CENTRE./PRESENT AT GETTYSBURG/383 OFFICERS AND MEN./KILLED 3 OFFICERS AND 10 MEN/WOUNDED 9 OFFICERS AND 117 MEN./CAPTURED OR MISSING 13 MEN/1ST BRIG. 1ST DIV./THIRD CORPS (On right side:) RECRUITED IN THE COUNTIES OF/PHILADELPHIA/MONTGOMERY AND CHESTER/MUSTERED IN SEPTEMBER 2ND 1862/MUSTERED OUT JUNE 9TH 1865./TOTAL ENROLLMENT 1049/KILLED AND DIED OF WOUNDS/10 OFFICERS, 58 MEN, TOTAL 68/WOUNDED/11 OFFICERS, AND 155 MEN, TOTAL 166/CAPTURED OR MISSING/3 OFFICERS, 100 MEN, TOTAL 103 (On left side:) FREDERICKSBURG./CHANCELLORSVILLE./GETTYSBURG./WAPPING HEIGHTS./AUBURN./KELLYS FORD./MINE RUN./WILDERNESS./GUINEA STATION./PETERSBURG unsigned

A square granite monument topped with the Third Corps diamond symbol is adorned on the front with a bronze relief plaque depicting the Pennsylvania state seal. The monument rests atop a two-tiered base.

History -- United States -- Civil War

History -- United States -- Pennsylvania

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, North side of Wheatfield Road at Peach Orchard, Gettysburg, Pennsylvania 17325

The monument (also referred to as MN 186) 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 first position held by the regiment when Sickles' line was moved up to Emmitsburg Road.

Save Outdoor Sculpture, Pennsylvania survey, 1995.

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