130th Pennsylvania Infantry Monument (sculpture).

130th Pennsylvania Infantry Monument (sculpture).

Wilson, A., sculptor.

Van Amringe Granite Company, contractor.

130th Pennsylvania Infantry Monument (sculpture).

At Ease, (sculpture).

Dedicated Sept. 17, 1904.

Sculpture: Westerly granite; Base: Barre granite.

Sculpture: approx. H. 7 ft. 4 in. x W. 2.5 ft; Base: approx. 7 ft. 5 in. x 7 ft. x 4 ft. 9 in.

(On lower right corner of medallion:) J. WILSON (On plaque:) THIS MEMORIAL MARKS THE REGIMENT'S RIGHT OF LINE IN BATTLE. ITS LEFT EXTENDED TO ROULETTE'S LANE BELOW IT WENT INTO BATTLE BY WAY OF ROULETTE'S FARM BUILDINGS, ABOUT 9.30 AM AND DRIVING BACK THE ENEMY, MAINTAINED ITS POSITION AT AND IMMEDIATELY NORTHEAST OF THIS POINT ON THE HIGH GROUND OVERLOOKING BLOODY LANE. UNTIL 1.30 O'CLOCK, PM WHEN WITHDRAWN TO REPLENISH ITS EXHAUSTED AMMUNITION AND THEN OCCUPIED THE RESERVE LINE signed

Full-length figure of a uniformed infantryman of the Union army stands on a tiered base. The figure holds his rifle by his proper right leg with both hands around the barrel. There is a bed roll atop the base on either side of the figure. A medallion of Colonel Henry I. Zinn is affixed to the front of the base. The colonel is bearded and in uniform. The Corps emblem of a three-leaf clover appears in relief on the sides of the pedestal.

History -- United States -- Civil War

History -- United States -- Pennsylvania

Figure male -- Full length

Occupation -- Military -- Soldier

Dress -- Uniform -- Military Uniform

Portrait male -- Zinn, Henry I. -- Bust

Occupation -- Military -- Colonel

Emblem -- Military Insignia

Outdoor Sculpture -- Maryland -- Sharpsburg

Administered by United States Department of the Interior, National Park Service, Washington, District of Columbia

Located Antietam National Battlefield, Bloody Lane, Sharpsburg, Maryland 21782

Colonel Henry I. Zinn was the commander of the regiment. He later fell at Fredericksburg. The monument is on the National Park Service List of Classified Structures (LCS no. 109). IAS files contain a copy of the LCS report form.

Save Outdoor Sculpture, Maryland survey, 1993.

National Park Service, American Monuments and Outdoor Sculpture Database, MD0031, 1989.

Monumental News, Jan. 1905, pg. 31-32.

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