7TH WEST VIRGINIA INFANTRY WAR MEMORIAL
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Listing Details
Location: GETTYSBURG NATIONAL MILITARY PARK-BALTIMORE PIKE
City: GETTYSBURG
State: Pennsylvania
Zip Code: 17325
Type of Memorial: Statues War or Military Related
Year Dedicated: 1898
Access: Public
Wars Commemorated: CIVIL WAR
Photograph By: CRAIG SWAIN
Submitted By: COURTESY OF HMdb.org
ERECTED BY THE STATE OF WEST VIRGINIA TO COMMEMORATE THE VALOR AND FIDELITY OF THE SEVENTH WEST VIRGINIA INFANTRY.
THIS MEMORIAL IS UNUSUAL IN THAT THE FIGURE ATOP THE MEMORIAL IS FACING AWAY FROM THE FRONT OF THE MEMORIAL AND IN THE DIRECTION OF THE CONFEDERATE ATTACK AND THE LOCATION OF THE FIGHTING.
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