13TH VERMONT VOLUNTEER INFANTRY WAR MEMORIAL
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Listing Details
Location: GETTYSBURG NATIONAL MILITARY PARK-HANCOCK AVENUE
City: GETTYSBURG
State: Pennsylvania
Zip Code: 17325
Type of Memorial: Statues War or Military Related
Year Dedicated: 1889
Access: Public
Wars Commemorated: CIVIL WAR
Photograph By: CRAIG SWAIN
Submitted By: COURTESY OF HMdb.org
OFFICERS AND MEN ENGAGED AT GETTYSBURG 480
KILLED AND MORTALLY WOUNDED 22
WOUNDED 80
THE STATUE REPRESENTS LIEUTENANT STEPHEN F. BROWN, CO. K, WHO ARRIVED ON THE FIELD WITHOUT A SWORD BUT SEIZING A CAMP HATCHET CARRIED IT IN THE BATTLE UNTIL HE CAPTURED A SWORD FROM A CONFEDERATE OFFICER. PERSEVERING AND DETERMINED LIKE HIM WERE ALL THE MEN OF THIS REGIMENT OF GREEN MOUNTAIN BOYS. HE IS CARRYING THE CAPTURED SWORD IN THE STATUE.
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