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7th Michigan Infantry Monument, (sculpture). Artist:  Pasetti, Joseph, sculptor. Smith Granite Company, fabricator. Title:  7th Michigan Infantry Monument, (sculpture). Dates:  Installed 1888. Dedicated June 12, 1889. Digital Reference:  Medium:  Sculpture: Westerly blue granite with bronze relief; Base: granite. Dimensions:  Sculpture: approx. 8 ft. x 2 ft. 8 1/2 in. x 2 ft. 8 1/2 in.; Base: approx. W. 5 ft. 2 in. x D. 5 ft. 2 in. Inscription:  (On base, front:) SEVENTH/MICH. INF'TY/3RD BRIG./2ND DIV. 2ND CORPS (On State Seal:) ERECTED BY THE/STATE OF/MICHIGAN/TO HER MARTYRS & HEROS WHO FOUGHT IN DEFENSE OF LIBERTY AND UNION (Incised on reverse face:) MUSTERED IN AT MONROE, MICH. AUG. 22, 1861/MUSTERED OUT AT JEFFERSONVILLE, IND. JULY 5, 1865./TOTAL ENROLLMENT, 1393 OFFICERS AND MEN./KILLED IN ACTION: 6 OFFICERS, 123 MEN./DIED OF WOUNDS, 5 OFFICERS, 47 MEN/DIED OF DISEASE: 3 OFFICERS, 154 MEN/TOTAL, 338/PARTICIPATED IN 37 SKIRMISHES AND/GENERAL ENGAGEMENTS FROM BALLS BLUFF, VA. OCT. 21, 1861./TO SIEGE OF PETERSBURG, VA. APR. 3, 1865/REGIMENT HELD THIS POSITION DURING THE/ENGAGEMENT OF JULY 2ND & 3RD, 1863./ON THE EVENING OF THE 2ND CHARGED FRONT TO THE LEFT,/MEETING AND AIDING IN DRIVING BACK THE ENEMY./ON THE 3RD ASSISTED IN REPULSING PICKETT'S CHARGE./CHARGING FRONT TO THE RIGHT AND /ASSAULTING THE ADVANCING FORCE IN FLANK./PRESENT FOR DUTY: 14 OFFICERS, 151 MEN/TOTAL: 165/CASUALTIES/2 OFFICERS, 19 MEN KILLED. 3 OFFICERS, 41 MEN WOUNDED./TOTAL: 65. unsigned Description:  Pedestal with cross-gable cap stands on a tiered, rough-hewn base. Relief elements include a trefoil II Corps insignia, assorted infantry items and crossed rifles. The Seal of the State of Michigan is affixed to the lower front face. Subject:  History -- United States -- Civil War Emblem -- Seal Emblem -- Military Insignia Object Type:  Outdoor Sculpture -- Pennsylvania -- Gettysburg Relief Sculpture Owner:  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, Gettysburg, Pennsylvania 17325 Remarks:  This is one of 9 monuments on the site honoring Michigan troops who fought in the Gettysburg campaign. It marks the position held by the 7th Michigan Infantry on July 2 & 3, 1863. The sculpture (referred to as MN 233) is listed on the National Park Service List of Classified Structures and is referenced in the Gettysburg National Military Park Archives, vol. 17. References:  Save Outdoor Sculpture, Pennsylvania survey, 1995. Illustration:  Image on file. Note:  The information provided about this artwork was compiled as part of the Smithsonian American Art Museum's Inventories of American Painting and Sculpture database, designed to provide descriptive and location information on artworks by American artists in public and private collections worldwide. Repository:  Inventories of American Painting and Sculpture, Smithsonian American Art Museum, P.O. Box 37012, MRC 970, Washington, D.C. 20013-7012 Control Number:  IAS PA000741   Copy/Holding information Smithsonian AmericanArt Museum Control Number   Inventory of American Sculpture PA000741 Add Copy to MyList Format: HTMLPlain textDelimited Subject:   Email to:

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