Monument honoring the 7th Michigan Infantry, 3rd Brigade, 2nd Division, 2nd Corps

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  Image of the monument to the 2nd Rhode Island Volunteers. Monument is topped by a bronze sculpture of a war drum against which are leaning an ammunition bag, a canteen, a wreath and a bayonet. On top of the drum is am infantryman's cap with the cross badge of the Union's Sixth Army Corps. On the front of the monument it reads: 2nd R.I. / Volunteers / Second Brigade/ Third Division / Sixth Corps. In the center of the monument is a carved bas-relief of the shield of the State of Rhode Island. 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 Michigan Infantry, 3rd Brigade, 1st Division, 3rd Corps

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  Image of the monument to the 3rd Michigan Infantry. Monument includes a large bas-rellief of two soldiers, one standing while loading his musket, one crouching, in woods. Below the bas-relief is written: 3rd Michigan Inftry 3rd Brig. 1st Div. 3rd Corps. / Mustered in / at / Grand Rapids / Mich. / June 10th 1861. / Army Potomac / First Bull Run / to / Appomattox. Behind the monument to the let can be seen large coils of rope and a pry bar. At bottom of the photograph, above the signature on the car is printed: 1063 -- 3rd Michigan Inft. 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 the125th New York Infantry, 3rd Brigade, 3nd Division, 2nd Corps

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  Image of the monument to the 125th New York Infantry. Monument is topped by the shamrock of the U.S. Army, 2nd Corps. On the face of the monument is carved: 125th New York Infantry, / 3d Brig. 3d Div. 2d Corps. / Recruited in Rensselaer Co. N. Y. / Mustered in at Troy, N. Y. Aug. 27th 1862. / Engaged in 23 battles. / Mustered out at Albany, N.Y. June 5th 1865. Below this above the base is the seal for the State of New York. In the lower left corner of the image, in small neat handwriting, in white, are the numbers: 1074. 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 7th Massachusetts Infantry, 2nd Brigade, 3rd Division, 6th Corps

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  Image of the monument to the 7th Massachusetts Infantry. The monument is a large single square block with a slanted face; on this face are carved crossed muskets, a sword, a cap and a cross. There is a barbed wire fence and cornfield 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 140th Pennsylvania Infantry, 3rd Brigade, 1st Division, 2nd Corps

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  Image of the tall columnar monument to the 140th Pennsylvania Infantry. At the top of the monument is a drum, below that the shamrock emblem of the Union Army's 2nd Corps is prominently carved into the stone. At the base of the monument there is tablet which reads: The regiment engaged / the enemy on this / position late in the / afternoon of July 2d., / succeeding 5th Corps / troops and holding the / right of the 1st Division / 2d. Corps supported / battery on left centre / July 3rd. / Present at Gettysburg 589 officers and men./ Killed and died of wounds, 3 officers 50 men. / Wounded, 8 " 120 " / Captured or missing. 3 " 57 " / Total 241. Behind the monument is a barb-wire fence. 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 Delaware Infantry, 2nd Brigade, 3rd Division, 2nd Corps

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  Image of the monument to the 1st Regiment, Delaware Volunteer Infantry. Monument reads: Position / held by / the the 1st Reg. / Del. Vol. / Infantry / 2nd Brig. 3rd Div. / 2nd Army Corps, / July 2nd / and 3rd / 1863. / Erected by the State of / Delaware to commemorate / the gallantry of / her sons. / A.D. 1885. 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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