Alternate Designations: None.
Commander: Col. Patrick H. O’Rourke (Mar. 28, 1836-July 2, 1863), killed; Lt. Col. Louis Ernst (1825-1892).
Numbers: 526; 26 killed, 89 wounded, 18 missing.
Raised: Monroe County.
Dedicated: 1889.
Location: On Little Round Top, west of Sykes Avenue. Marks position attained by 140th New York on July 2, 1863 where they met Hood’s Division attacking up slopes of Little Round Top. Erected on spot where Col Patrick O’Rourke fell dead, shot while leading charge.
Description: Rectangular block monument with inset bronze tondo relief portrait of Col. Patrick H. O’Rorke, on front; State Seal and Maltese cross on back. Monument that has two flanking markers. Monument is a rough hewn granite shaft with an apex top on a rough hewn base, 7×5.8 foot. Overall height is 7.3 foot. Bronze inscription tablets on the north and south sides. Bronze portrait relief of Colonel Patrick O’Rourke on the west side 2.2 foot in diameter. State seal tondo on the east side. Flanking markers are apex topped, one foot square.
Fox writes of this regiment: “The regiment was composed of exceptionally good material; the men were a neat, clean lot, and in their handsome Zouave costume attracted favorable attention wherever they appeared.”
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