72ND PENNSYLVANIA 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: 1891
Access: Public
Wars Commemorated: CIVIL WAR
Photograph By: CRAIG SWAIN
Submitted By: COURTESY OF HMdb.org
72ND PENNSYLVANIA INFANTRY (PHILADELPHIA FIRE ZOUAVES)
PRESENT AT GETTYSBURG 485
KILLED AND MORTALLY WOUNDED 62
WOUNDED 133
MISSING 2
TOTAL LOSS-197
ON JULY 3RD THE REGIMENT CHARGED TO THE STONE WALL IN FRONT OF THE CORPSE OF TREES IN THE REPULSE OF THE LAST CONFEDERATE INFANTRY ASSAULT AT THE GETTYSBURG. THE SOLDIER ATOP THE MEMORIAL IS DEPICTED CLUBBING WITH HIS MUSKET DURING THE COUNTER ATTACK. HE IS DRESSED IN A FIRE ZOUAVE UNIFORM.
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