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Pennsylvania Memorial At Gettysburg


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The Pennsylvania Memorial stands on the middle of the battlefield, close to ''The Angle'', ''The Copes of Trees'', and ''The Confederate High Water Mark''.  Finished in time for the 50th. anniversary of the battle in 1913,  (minus some Veterans names) it was the design of W. Liance Cottrell, the sculptures by Samuel Murray.  The dome is topped with the Goddess of Victory and Peace, eight statues adorn the lower halls on the memorial, all except Abraham Lincoln and Governor Andrew Curtain depict native Pennsylvania generals who fought at the battle.  They include, Mead, Hancock, Reynolds, McMurtrie, Pleasonton, and Birney.  In my opinion though, the greatest part of the memorial are the bronze plaques that adorn the base of the memorial, every Pennsylvania regiment and battery that fought there has a plaque, and every plaque lists the names of those who made up those units, those killed or mortally wounded have a * beside their name. 

 

Front of the memorial depicting the stairs and some of the plaques.  The support on the left houses a staircase to the roof presenting a grand view of the field.

 

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Inscribed on the base

 

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One of the plaques, 11th. PA Infantry

 

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