State of New York Auxiliary Monument (Gettysburg)
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Battlefield: Gettysburg National Military Park, Pennsylvania
Location: Hancock Avenue south of the Pennsylvania Monument
Map Coordinates: +39° 48' 15.48", -77° 14' 4.20"
Monument Text
- "The State of New York in recognition of the services rendered by those corps division and brigade commanders at Gettysburg not elsewhere honored on this field."
- (Names of Army commanders from New York who participated in the battle at Gettysburg are inscribed on the wall)
Monument Details
Artist: Brush, Gerome, sculptor; Casey, Edward Pearce, architect; John Swenson Granite Company, fabricator
Dedicated: September 9, 1925
Dimensions: H. 21 x W. 42 x D. 24 ft.
Description: The white Concord granite semicircular wall monument is made up of eighteen panels with a seat below, running nearly the length of the wall. The New York State Coat of Arms appears in relief on the protruding center structure which is surmounted by a eagle with wings spread upward.
Cost: $27,875.00 (September 1925)
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