Brigadier General John White Geary Monument (Gettysburg)
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Battlefield: Gettysburg National Military Park, Pennsylvania
Location: Slocum Avenue, on Culp's Hill
Map Coordinates: +39° 49' 1.92", -77° 13' 11.64"
Leader of: 2nd Division, XII Corps, AoP
Biography: John White Geary
Monument Text
- "Captain 2d Pennsylvania Infantry December 21 1848. Lieut. Colonel January 7 1847. Colonel November 3 1847. Honorably mustered out July 21 1848."
- "Colonel 28th Pennsylvania Infantry June 28 1861. Discharged for promotion May 11 1862."
- "Brig General U.S. Volunteers April 25 1862. Honorably mustered out January 15, 1866. Brevetted Major General U.S. Volunteers January 12 1865 'for fitness to command and promptness to execute.'"
- "Born December 30 1819 at Mt. Pleasant Pa. Died February 8 1873 at Harrisburg Pa."
Monument Details
Artist: Schweizer, J. Otto, sculptor; Van Amringe Granite Company, fabricator
Dedicated: 1915
Dimensions: Sculpture: 16 ft. x 2 ft. 8 1/2 in. x 2 ft. 8 in.; Base: 8 ft. 7 in. x 7 ft. x 7 ft.
Description: A standing bronze portrait of General Geary resting his proper left hand on his sword. The sculpture rests on a rough granite base adorned with an inscription plaque on the front on a bronze tablet bearing the Pennsylvania state seal on the back.
