119TH NEW YORK INFANTRY WAR MEMORIAL
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Listing Details
Location: GETTYSBURG NATIONAL MILITARY PARK-HOWARD AVENUE
City: GETTYSBURG
State: Pennsylvania
Zip Code: 17325
Type of Memorial: Obelisks War Monument
Year Dedicated: 1888
Access: Public
Wars Commemorated: CIVIL WAR
Photograph By: CRAIG SWAIN
Submitted By: COURTESY OF HMdb.org
THE STATE OF NEW YORK DEDICATES THIS MONUMENT TO THE OFFICERS AND SOLDIERS OF THE 119TH REGIMENT N.Y. INF’TY WHO, AS PATRIOTIC CITIZENS OBEYED THE SUMMONS OF THEIR COUNTRY. OFFERING THEIR LIVES FOR THE CAUSE OF UNION AND LIBERTY.
TAKEN INTO ACTION AT GETTYSBURG 16 OFFICERS 284 MEN
CASUALTIES KILLED 11, WOUNDED 70 CAPTURED OR MISSING 59. TOTAL 140.
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