NINTH MICHIGAN BATTERY 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: Stone Carving Memorials
Year Dedicated: 1888
Access: Public
Wars Commemorated: CIVIL WAR
Photograph By: CRAIG SWAIN
Submitted By: COURTESY OF HMdb.org
AT GETTYSBURG 322 ROUNDS OF SHOT, SHELL AND CANISTER EXPENDED
CASUALTIES-ONE MAN KILLED AND FOUR WOUNDED
BATTERY SUSTAINED A LOSS OF 23 HORSES KILLED IN THIS ENGAGEMENT.
THIS MEMORIAL CARRIES A LOT OF SYMBOLISM ON THE FRONT A RAMMER IS CROSSED WITH A BATTERY GUIDE-ON, OVER AN ARTILLERY WHEEL. CANNON BALLS HOLD THE WHEEL IN PLACE. A KEPI IS PLACED ATOP THE WHEEL. AT THE VERY TOP OF THE MEMORIAL IS A FLASH WITH CROSSED CANNONS.
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