104th New York Infantry Regiment Monument (Gettysburg)
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Unit Represented: 104th New York Infantry Regiment, "Wadsworth Guards"
Battlefield: Gettysburg National Military Park, Pennsylvania
Location: Robinson Avenue
Map Coordinates: 39.8432,-77.24158
Part of: I Corps, 2nd Division, 1st Brigade
Commanded by: Colonel Gilbert G. Prey
Men Engaged at Gettysburg: 309 men
Gettysburg Casualties: 11 killed, 91 wounded, 92 captured or missing
Monument Text
On front:
- "104th New York Infantry, "Wadsworth Guards," First Brigade, Second Division, First Corps."
On left:
- "Regiment Raised at Genesee and Troy N.Y., Organized at Albany N.Y., March 8, 1862, Discharged at Elmira N.Y., July 28, 1865"
On right:
- "Casualties, 11 killed, 91 wounded, 92 captured and missing"
On rear:
- "July 1st 1863"
Monument Details
Artist: Frederick & Field, fabricator
Dedicated: Sept. 4, 1888
Dimensions: Overall: 14 ft. 4 in. x 7 ft. x 7 ft.
Description: Quincy granite tapered shaft with a rough-hewn pedestal stands on a tiered, smooth and rough-hewn base. The faces of the shaft are polished. The monument is topped with a Corps disk insignia. There is a round bronze State Seal relief affixed to the front of the pedestal. On the plinth, below the Seal is a bronze relief of crossed sabers and laurel branches with a cartridge box in the center.
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