Alternate Designations: Third Bucktails.
Commander: Col. Langhorne Wister (1834-1891), brigade command; Lt. Col. Henry S. Huidekoper (1839-1918), wounded; Capt. George W. Jones (1833-1913).
Numbers: 397; 35 killed, 152 wounded, 77 missing.
Raised: Philadelphia; Crawford, Union, and McKeen
Dedicated: Sept. 11, 1889.
Location: Stone Avenue, east side, west of McPherson Barn, located near the quarry. It indicates the most advanced line held by the 150th Pennsylvania Infantry on the afternoon of July 1, 1863.
Description: Rectangular marker with an apexed cap stands on a two-tiered, rough-hewn base. There is a relief of Infantry arms and accouterments on the front face and on the top. There are two recessed disks, the insignia of the 1st Corps, flanking the inscription on the front. Below this inscription is a square tablet relief of the Pennsylvania Coat of Arms. Overall height is twelve foot. Flanking markers are one foot square with flat tops with an inscription on the face.
Company K of the 150th served through the War as Lincoln’s bodyguards in Washington.
National Park Service List of Classified Monuments Number: MN32.
Sculptor: Ryegate Granite Company, fabricator.
Other Monuments: Main Monument | July 2 and 3 Position
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