Alternate Designations: Gray Reserves.
Commander: Col. Peter C. Ellamaker (1813-1890).
Numbers: 466; 2 wounded.
Raised: Philadelphia; Delaware County.
Dedicated Sept. 22, 1888.
Location: Located on the north side of Howe Avenue, east of the Taneytown Road. It indicates the position of the 119th Pennsylvania Infantry on the morning of July 3, 1863 when confronting a possible Confederate flanking movement.
Description: Tapered, castellated monument stands on a low, rough-hewn base. Relief elements include a knapsack with infantry accouterments and a bronze State Seal, both on the front. The monument is topped with a four-sided Greek cross, the insignia of the VI Corps. Monument is a rough and polished granite shaft with an apex cap that contains a castellated cornice topped with a VI Corps Greek Cross on four sides and set on a six foot square rough hewn base. The shaft has an inscription and a sculpted relief of a knapsack and accoutrements. Overall height is 11.7 feet. Flanking markers are one foot square.
National Park Service List of Classified Monuments Number: MN377.
Sculptor: Ferguson (Firm), fabricator.
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