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Monument honoring the 28th Pennsylvania Infantry, 1st Brigade, 2nd Division, 12th Corps
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Monument honoring the 29th Pennsylvania Infantry, 2nd Brigade, 2nd Division, 12th Corps
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Image of the monument to the 29th Pennsylvania Infantry. Monument sits on a stone outcrop. The monument has been photographed at an angle so that the front side with inscription for the 29th is not prominent, it reads: Gettysburg / 29th Regt. Penna. Vol.'s / Col. Wm. Rickards, Jr. / July 2nd and 3rd / Wolf's Hill July 1st 1863. From the right side it reads: 2nd Brigade / Brig. Gen. Thomas Kane. / 2nd Division / Brig. Gen. John W. Geary. / 12th Corp's / Brig. Gen. A. S. Williams. / Right Wing / Maj. Gen. H. W. Slocum. 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 29th Ohio Infantry, 1st Brigade, 2nd Division, 12th Corps
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Image of a large block of stone with a carving of a soldier's tent, two muskets, and other kit in the center. Carved on either side of the central carving: 29th Ohio Infantry. At the base of the monument: 1st Brig. 2nd DIv. 12th Corps. / This memorial is erected by the / State of Ohio. 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 104th New York Infantry, 1st brigade, 2nd Division, 1st Corps
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Image of the monument to the 104th New York Infantry (Wadsworth Guards). On the front of the monument is inscribed: 104th / New York / Infantry, / (Wadsworth Guards) / First Brigade, / Second Division, / First Corps. Behind the monument is another monument, and further in the distance is Gettysburg College. 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 90th Pennsylvania Infantry, 2nd Brigade, 2nd Division, 1st Corps
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Image of a stone monument in the form of a shattered tree trunk. In the background are buildings. At the top of the monument is a cannon ball lodged in the heart of the tree, bark peeled away. Below this is a bird's nest, with bird guarding a nestling; metal vines entwine the tree. In the middle of the monument is attached a bronze shield on which is written: Right of the First Corps / Here fought the 90th / Penna. Infantry / on the afternoon of July 1, 1863 / killed and mortally wounded 11 / wounded 44, captured or missing / 39, total 94, of 208 engaged. / Organized at Phila. Oct. 1, 1861 / Mustered out, Nov. 26, 1864. Below this shield is a knapsack, in bronze, hung from the tree, a rifle, bayonet and ammunition box; written on the knapsack: 90th P.V. / 2nd Brig. 2nd Div. / First Corps.
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Monument honoring the 1st Pennsylvania Artillery, Battery B, Artillery Brigade, 1st Corps
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Image of the monument to Cooper's Battery B, First Pennsylvania Light Artillery. Monument is topped by stone cannon, and is inscribed with: Cooper's / Battery B / First Pennsylvania Light Artillery. / (Penn'a Reserve Vol. Corps.) / Artillery Brigade, First Corps. / Present at Gettysburg, 114 officers and men. / Killed 3; wounded 9. / Ammunition expended: (4 guns) 1050 rounds.
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