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Monument honoring the Pennsylvania Independent Artillery, Batteries C and F

Description: Image of a stone monument with a bronze tablet. At the top of the monument: C & F Indp't Penn'a Artillery. On the tablet is written: Position occupied / Pa Indp't Art'y F / Hampton's Battery, / July 3 A.D. 1863 / Organized at Pittsburgh, Pa. / Oct. 8th 1861 / Mustered out of United States Service / June 24, 1865 / On this field the following members fell / Joseph L. Miller / Jos. B. Todd / Adam Rath / Jacob Keirch / Hugh Purdy / John H. Herbert / Cha's. R. Bright / And eleven men were wounded / This tablet / erected to their memory / by the surviving members of / the Battery July 3rd 1885. . The photograph has been affixed to a card with the photographer's signature and "Gettysburg, Pa." printed in gold lettering at the bottom.
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Date: ca. 1885
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Monument honoring the 5th Massachusetts Artillery, Battery E

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Image of the monument to the Fifth Massachusetts Battery. The monument has a large Maltese cross onto which is inscribed: Fifth Massachusetts Battery. On the base is: July 2, 1863. The photograph has been affixed to a card with the photographer's signature and "Gettysburg, Pa." printed in gold lettering at the bottom.

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Monument honoring the 6th Maine Artillery, Battery F

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Image of the monument to Dow's 6th Maine Battery. Monument is toped by five large round stones resembling cannon balls. On the side of the monument can be see: McGilvery's Brigade / Reserve Artillery. There is a barb wire fence behind the monument. The photograph has been affixed to a card with the photographer's signature and "Gettysburg, Pa." printed in gold lettering at the bottom.

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Monument honoring the 1st Rhode Island Light Artillery, Battery A

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Image of the a square, white monument with "Arnold's Battery" above an intricate engraving of crossed ramrods and swabs, a wheel, a cannon, and the steal seal for Rhode Island. Below this: July 2 & 3, 1863. On side of monument: 4 Killed 24 Wounded. The photograph has been affixed to a card with the photographer's signature and "Gettysburg, Pa." printed in gold lettering at the bottom.

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Monument honoring the 155th Pennsylvania Infantry

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Image of the monument to the 155th Pennsylvania Volunteers. The monument sits on a rock outcrop on top of Little Round Top. The fields below can be seen behind the monument. The front of the monument reads: 155th Pa. Vols. / Position occupied / July 2d. 3d. & 4th. 1863. / Organized at Pittsburg / Sept. 2nd. 1862. / Mustered out of service / June 6th. 1865. On the side of the monument is a list of the places were the unit was engaged in battle. . The photograph has been affixed to a card with the photographer's signature and "Gettysburg, Pa." printed in gold lettering at the bottom.

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Monument honoring the 3rd Massachusetts Artillery

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Image of the monument to the 3rd Massachusetts Battery. A simple monument with the badge of the unit engraved on the monument and at the base: 3rd Mass. Battery. A fence runs along the side of monument into the background. The photograph has been affixed to a card with the photographer's signature and "Gettysburg, Pa." printed in gold lettering at the bottom.

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Monument honoring the 1st New York Light Artillery, Battery K

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Image of the monument to the 1st New York Light Artillery. The center of the monument has a bas-relief of men preparing a cannon for reloading; an injjured or dead soldier lies int he field next to the cannon. Below the bas-relief is written: Battery K. / 1st N. Y. Light Artillery. / (11th New York Ind. Battery Attached) / Artillery Reserve. The photograph has been affixed to a card with the photographer's signature and "Gettysburg, Pa." printed in gold lettering at the bottom.

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Monument honoring the Pennsylvania Independent Artillery, Batteries C and F

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