91ST PENNSYLVANIA INFANTRY VOLUNTEER WAR MEMORIAL
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Listing Details
Location: GETTYSBURG NATIONAL MILITARY PARK-SYKES AVENUE
City: GETTYSBURG
State: Pennsylvania
Zip Code: 17325
Type of Memorial: Cemetery Stones
Year Dedicated: 1889
Access: Public
Wars Commemorated: CIVIL WAR
Photograph By: CRAIG SWAIN
Submitted By: COURTESY OF HMdb.org
ERECTED BY THE 91ST REGIMENT PENNSYLVANIA VOLUNTEER INFANTRY IN MEMORY OF BRIG. GEN. WEED, 3 BRIG. 2 DIV. 5 A.C. AND LT. CHS. E. HAZLETT 5TH U.S. ARTY WHO FELL AT THIS SPOT JULY 2, 1863.
THIS MEMORIAL ORIGINALLY STOOD NEAR THE POINT THE CURRENT 91ST PENNSYLVANIA MEMORIAL STANDS. IT WAS RELOCATED IN 1889 AND REDEDICATED AT THIS SPOT. ACCORDING TO THE MEMBERS OF THE REGIMENT, THE ROCK THE MEMORIAL CURRENTLY STANDS UPON WAS THE SPOT WHERE HAZLETT AND WEED WERE BOTH MORTALLY WOUNDED.
SEE ALSO-91ST PENNSYLVANIA INFANTRY WAR MEMORIAL
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