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The Battle of Gettysburg was the largest and deadliest battle of the American Civil War. For three days over 160,000 men fought for their competing visions of America. More than a quarter were killed, wounded, or went into captivity. The survivors knew they had been through one of history’s great struggles. Many later returned to the Gettysburg battlefield to pass their memories on to future generations through messages of stone, bronze, and iron.
Gettysburg is a vast outdoor classroom. Over 1200 monuments and markers help visitors explore one of the great turning points in American history. This site lets you explore the battlefield, with photographs, text and map locations for each of the monuments and markers. There is also supporting information and links to background histories and biographies. gettysburg.stonesentinels.com/
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Tom and I. Vacation August 2021.
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Right of the First Corps
Here fought the 90th Penna. Infantry
on the afternoon of July 1, 1863.
Killed and mortally wounded 11,
wounded 44, captured or missing
39. Total 94, of 208 engaged.
Organized at Phila. Oct. 1, 1861
Mustered out Nov. 26, 1864
90th P.V.
2nd Brig. 2nd Div. First Corps.
The 90th Pennsylvania’s Granite Tree monument on Doubleday Avenue is filled with interesting details. The beautifully realistic bark of the tree trunk is stripped in areas and splintered on the side from a grazing shot. The trunk itself is shattered at the top, with the cannonball that caused it still embedded in the tree’s heart.
But after the ravages of war life goes on. Inches away a mother bird feeds two babies in her nest. Bronze vines grow around the trunk. And the tree still provides other useful services, holding a soldier’s rifle, bayonet, knapsack and cartridge case. The knapsack is lettered for the 90th Pennsylvania. Above the bronze shield telling the regiment’s story is a circle formed from the granite of the trunk, the symbol of the Union First Army Corps.
More info can be found here. gettysburg.stonesentinels.com/union-monuments/pennsylvani...
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