99th Pennsylvania Infantry Monument, (sculpture).

99th Pennsylvania Infantry Monument, (sculpture).

Wm. Clark (Firm), fabricator.

99th Pennsylvania Infantry Monument, (sculpture).

1886. Relocated 1889.

Sculpture: granite; Base: granite. 4 ft. 2 in. x 4 ft. 1 1/2 in.

Overall: approx. H. 9 ft. 3 in. Base: approx. 1 ft. 6 in. x

(On base, front:) W. CLARK/PHILA. (On front:) 99TH REGT. PA. VOLS./ARMY OF POTOMAC/FROM SEPT. 1861/TO JULY 1865/2ND BRIGADE/1ST DIVISION/3RD CORPS (On right:) JULY 2,/PRESENT FOR DUTY/21 OFFICERS & 38 MEN/KILLED/1 OFFICER & 17 MEN/WOUNDED/4 OFFICERS & 77 MEN/MISSING 11 MEN (On right:) IN MEMORIAM/OUR FALLEN/COMRADES./JULY 2, 3, 1863./ERECTED/BY THE/99TH PA. VET. ASSO./AND FRIENDS. (On rear:) ORGANIZED/AT PHILA. PA./JULY 26, 1861./RE-ENLISTED/FEBY. 1864./MUSTERED OUT/JULY 2, 1865 unsigned

Marker with cornice and polished surface contains a diamond-shaped Corps insignia.

History -- United States -- Civil War

History -- United States -- Pennsylvania

Emblem -- Military Insignia

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, east side, near Meade equestrian statue, Gettysburg, Pennsylvania 17325

Erected by the 99th Pennsylvania Veterans Association and others, this monument is one of 110 honoring individual Pennsylvania commands at Gettysburg and one of 2 which honors the 99th Pennsylvania Infantry. It was originally located at Houck's Ridge, later the location of the second monument. It was moved to its present site in 1889. The sculpture indicates the position held by the regiment on July 3, 1863. The sculpture (referred to as MN 222) is referenced in the Gettysburg National Military Park Archives, vol. 32.

Save Outdoor Sculpture, Pennsylvania survey, 1995.

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