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Location: GETTYSBURG NATIONAL MILITARY PARK-SICKLES AVENUE

City: GETTYSBURG

State: Pennsylvania

Zip Code: 17325

Type of Memorial: War Memorials

Year Dedicated: 1889

Access: Public

Wars Commemorated: CIVIL WAR

Photograph By: CRAIG SWAIN


PRESENT AT GETTYSBURG 339 OFFICERS AND MEN
KILLED AND DIED OF WOUNDS 1 OFFICER 24 MEN
WOUNDED 4 OFFICERS AND 70 MEN
CAPTURED OR MISSING 11 MEN
TOTAL LOSS 110
THE SYMBOLISM OF THE MEMORIAL MANIFESTS IN THE SHAPE USED IN THE MEMORIAL’S COMPOSITION, A FOUR FACETED DIAMOND IS PERCHED ATOP A SIMILARLY FOUR SIDED “KEYSTONE”-SYMBOLS OF THE THIRD CORPS AND THE COMMONWEALTH OF PENNSYLVANIA, RESPECTIVELY.


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