Works Of Art: Gettysburg Battlefield Monuments

Photos of hidden gems on the Gettysburg Battlefield that many visitors never see.

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Hello, Friends!

Since I wrote a post this week on the re-opening of Little Round Top after almost two years of rehabilitation, I thought I’d post some photos of Gettysburg (my hometown).

The General Warren statue on the top of Little Round Top. It’s one of my favorite places to watch the sun set.

Gettysburg Battlefield Beauties

There are so many beautiful monuments on the Gettysburg battlefield that are works of art. Here are just a few!

Photos from top left: The 74th PA Infantry on the north side of Gettysburg. General R.E. Lee at the top of the Virginia Monument. General Buford, west of town at sunset, and the Mississippi monument along Confederate Avenue.

The bronze relief on the Virginia Monument on Confederate Avenue, Gettysburg.

Hidden Gems

The “tree monument” on Oak Hill represents the story that a soldier replaced a bird nest that had been knocked from a tree during heavy fighting. The second picture is Sallie, the famous mascot of the 11th PA Infantry.

Friend To Friend Monument

The Friend to Friend Masonic Memorial depicts the "Armistead-Bingham incident,” in which Union Army Captain Henry H. Bingham assisted wounded Confederate Brigadier General Lewis Addison Armistead after Pickett’s Charge on July 3, 1863.

Both men were Freemasons.

This is the North Carolina Monument on Confederate Avenue. I never get tired of staring at the detail of this monument. It depicts a wounded officer pointing the way forward to the enemy, while a veteran and younger comrade lead a color bearer in the charge.

Fast Fact: North Carolina provided 14,147 men to the Army of Northern Virginia at Gettysburg, the second largest state contingent after Virginia.

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This state had more than 6,000 casualties, which was about 40 percent of the men engaged. North Carolina also had the largest number of casualties at Gettysburg from any Confederate state and represents more than one fourth of all Confederate casualties in the battle.

I hope you enjoyed this quick look at some hidden gems in Gettysburg.

Have you been to the Gettysburg Battlefield? Do you have a favorite monument?