114TH PENNSYLVANIA VOLUNTEERS INFANTRY WAR MEMORIAL
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Location: GETTYSBURG NATIONAL MILITARY PARK-EMMITSBURG ROAD
City: GETTYSBURG
State: Pennsylvania
Zip Code: 17325
Type of Memorial: Statues War or Military Related
Year Dedicated: 1886
Access: Public
Wars Commemorated: CIVIL WAR
Photograph By: CRAIG SWAIN
Submitted By: COURTESY OF HMdb.org
ERECTED BY THE SURVIVING MEMBERS OF 114. REGT. PENNA. VOLS. TO MARK THE POSITION HELD BY THAT ORGANIZATION ON THE SECOND DAY OF THE MEMORABLE BATTLE FOUGHT ON THIS FIELD THE 1, 2, & 3 DAYS OF JULY A.D. 1863 AND IN MEMORY OF THE HEROIC MEN OF THAT COMMAND WHO HERE LAID DOWN THEIR LIVES IN DEFENCE OF THEIR COUNTRY’S FLAG.
KILLED AND WOUNDED 95 OFFICERS AND MEN.
THE STATUE DEPICTS A SOLDIER DRESSED IN THE ZOUAVE UNIFORM LOADING A RIFLE. THE 114TH PENNSYLVANIA VOLUNTEER INFANTRY ALSO KNOWN AS COLLIS ZOUAVES.
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