Alternate Designations: None.
Commander: Col. Emory Upton (1839-1881).
Numbers: 470; 2 wounded.
Raised: Ostego and Herkimer.
Dedicated: Oct. 10, 1889.
Location: Located on Little Round Top on the west side of Sykes Avenue and south of Wheatfield Road. The 121st regiment occupied this position on the night of July 2 and July 3, 1863.
The history of the 121st states:
“The monument stands on the spot where the flag of the regiment was placed. Two granite markers fix the position of the flanks of the line, and from the location a view of nearly all the battle ground is obtained.”
Description: Figure of a male soldier holding a rifle before him in both hands, the rifle butt on the ground. He is dressed in uniform, with cap and back pouch. He stands with proper left leg stepping slightly forward. The sculpture is mounted atop a tiered base of Quincy granite decorated on the rear with relief portrait medallion of Col. Emory Upton, and a medallion featuring a 6th Corps bronze cross. Overall height is 17.6 foot. Monument is a granite shaft topped with a bronze statue of an infantryman on a seven foot square base. Flanking markers are one foot square.
National Park Service List of Classified Monuments Number: MN103-B.
Sculptor: O’Kelley, S. J., sculptor.
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