BREVET MAJOR GENERAL ALEXANDER WEBB 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: Medal of Honor War Memorials
Year Dedicated: 1915
Access: Public
Wars Commemorated: CIVIL WAR
Photograph By: CRAIG SWAIN
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ALEXANDER STEWART WEBB
BREVET MAJOR GENERAL U.S. ARMY
1835-1911
COMMANDER 69TH, 71ST AND 106TH PENNSYLVANIA INFANTRY (PHILADELPHIA BRIGADE) WHICH RESISTED LONGSTREET’S ASSAULT-JULY 3, 1863
AWARDED CONGRESSIONAL MEDAL OF HONOR
“FOR DISTINGUISHED PERSONAL GALLANTRY AT THE BATTLE OF GETTYSBURG” WHERE HE WAS WOUNDED.
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