The Monuments and Memorials of the Gettysburg Campaign
147th Pennsylvania Infantry (Pardee Field Monument)
Dedicated: 1905-1906.
Location: Geary Avenue, Pardee Field.
Description: Marker is a twenty-two ton boulder with a bronze tablet on the north end and bronze letters spelling “Pardee Field” on the west side. Overall height is 6 feet. Granite or sandstone boulder with bronze plaque and letters. This is one of 2 known boulders relocated from areas outside Gettysburg; it came from the Reading Railroad yards. The boulder was installed in August 1905 and the west face lettering was added in 1906. It commemorates the attack made by the 147th Pennsylvania Infantry on Steuart’s Brigade across this field about 5:00 a.m. on July 3, 1863.
