2D PENNSYLVANIA CAVALRY WAR MEMORIAL
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Listing Details
Location: GETTYSBURG NATIONAL MILITARY PARK-TANEYTOWN ROAD
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
2D PENNSYLVANIA CAVALRY ATTACHED TO PROVOST GUARD, ARMY HEADQUARTERS.
THE TROOPER ATOP THE MEMORIAL IS RELOADING A SHARPS CARBINE WHILE LOOKING TO THE HORIZON. HIS HAND IS HOLDING A CARTRIDGE PULLED FROM THE CARTRIDGE BOX. TO HIS RIGHT SIDE IS A REVOLVER, IN THE HOLSTER MOUNTED WITH THE BUTT FORWARD. A SABER IS HUNG FROM HIS LEFT SIDE.
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