NEW YORK STATE GETTYSBURG WAR MEMORIAL
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Location: GETTYSBURG NATIONAL CEMETERY-BALTIMORE PIKE
City: GETTYSBURG
State: Pennsylvania
Zip Code: 17325
Type of Memorial: Statues War or Military Related
Year Dedicated: 1893
Access: Public
Wars Commemorated: CIVIL WAR
Photograph By: CRAIG SWAIN
Submitted By: COURTESY OF HMdb.org
TO THE OFFICERS AND SOLDIERS OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK WHO FELL IN THE BATTLE OF GETTYSBURG, JULY 1,2,3, 1863, MANY OF WHOM ARE HERE BURIED, THIS MONUMENT IS ERECTED BY A GRATEFUL COMMONWEALTH.
OFFICIAL RETURN OF CASUALTIES IN THE NEW YORK COMMANDS
KILLED 82 OFFICERS 912 ENLISTED MEN
WOUNDED 306 OFFICERS 3763 ENLISTED MEN
CAPTURED OR MISSING 69 OFFICERS 1685 ENLISTED MEN
THE STATUE AT THE TOP OF THE MEMORIAL DEPICTS THE STATE OF NEW YORK PLACING A WREATH AT THE GRAVES OF THE SOLDIERS FROM THE STATE KILLED AT THE BATTLE.
SEE ALSO-NEW YORK STATE GETTYSBURG WAR MEMORIAL PLAQUES A & B
SEE ALSO-NEW YORK STATE GETTYSBURG WAR MEMORIAL BAS-RELIEFS A, B, C, & D
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