2ND COMPANY ANDREW SHARP SHOOTERS WAR MEMORIAL
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Listing Details
Location: GETTYSBURG NATIONAL MILITARY PARK-SICKLES AVENUE
City: GETTYSBURG
State: Pennsylvania
Zip Code: 17325
Type of Memorial: Stone Carving Memorials
Year Dedicated: 1885
Access: Public
Wars Commemorated: CIVIL WAR
Photograph By: CRAIG SWAIN
Submitted By: COURTESY OF HMdb.org
THE FIGURE ON THE MEMORIAL DEPICTS ONE OF THE SHARP SHOOTERS ON THE SKIRMISH LINE IN AN ALERT POSE. THE MUSKET IS NOT “BROKEN”. WHEN THE MEMORIAL WAS CUT THE STONE WAS NOT LARGE ENOUGH TO FULLY RECREATE THE MUSKET.
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