12th New Jersey Infantry Monument, (sculpture).

12th New Jersey Infantry Monument, (sculpture).

Reilly, M., carver.

Beattie & Brooks, fabricator.

Henry-Bonnard Bronze Company, founder.

12th New Jersey Infantry Monument, (sculpture).

Dedicated May 26, 1886. Relief plaque cast: 1892.

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Granite; Relief plaque: bronze; Base: stone.

Approx. 10 ft. 6 in. x 3 ft. 1 in. x 3 ft. 1 in.; Relief plaque: approx. H. 2 ft. x W. 2 ft. 9 in.; Base: approx. 1 ft. 6 in. x 5 ft. 6 in. x 5 ft. 6 in.

(On relief plaque:) BEATTIE & BROOKS / HENRY BONNARD BRONZE CO. NEW YORK 1892 (On front of monument:) IN MEMORY OF/THE MEN OF THE/TWEFLTH REGIMENT/NEW JERSEY INFANTRY/VOLUNTEER/WHO FELL UPON THIS FIELD/JULY 2D AND 3D 1863./AND WHO, ELSEWHERE,/DIED UNDER THE FLAG./THIS MONUMENT IS DEDICATED/BY THEIR SURVIVING COMRADES,/AS AN EXAMPLE/TO FUTURE GENERATIONS. 12TH REGT/N.J. VOL. (On left side:) "BUCK S BALL/CALIBRE.69"/TWO CHARGES WERE MADE/BY THIS REGIMENT ON BLISS FARM./JULY 2d & 3d 1863./CAPTURING IT/STRENGTH AT MUSTER IN 892;/GAINED 907, TOTAL 1899./(On left side:) DIED IN SERVICE/OFFICERS 9 ENLISTED MEN 252./LOST ON THIS FIELD/KILLED, W OFFICERS, 20 MEN./WOUNDED 4 OFFICERS, 80 MEN,/MISSING9, TOTAL 115. (On back:) 3D DIV. (On right side:) 2ND BRIG. signed Founder's mark appears.

A granite shaft topped by a granite representation of a musket ball resting on three buckshots. A bronze relief plaque on the front of the monument depicts the soldiers of the 12th New Jersey engaged in battle at Bliss Farm. A trefoil symbol appears on each side of the shaft.

History -- United States -- Civil War

Object -- Weapon -- Ammunition

Architecture -- Military -- Battlefield

Figure group -- Male

Occupation -- Military -- Soldier

Dress -- Uniform -- Military Uniform

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 Hancock Avenue, Gettysburg, Pennsylvania 17325

The monument (also referred to as MN 211) is on the National Park Service, List of Classified Structures, and is referenced in the Gettysburg National Military Park Archives, vol. 18, 1975-1976. The monument is one of twelve honoring New Jersey troops engaged in the Gettysburg Campaign and one of thirty-two with bronze reliefs. The monument indicates the line of battle taken by the regiment on July 3, 1863. The bronze relief plaque was created by Beattie & Brooks, and was cast by the Henry Bonnard Bronze Company. M. Reilly carved the monument.

Save Outdoor Sculpture, Pennsylvania survey, 1995.

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