153rd Pennsylvania Infantry

Alternate Designations: None.

Commander: Maj. John F. Frueauff (1838-1886).

Numbers: 569; 23 killed, 142 wounded, 46 missing.

Raised: Northampton County.

Dedicated: 1889.

Location: Barlow Knoll on Howard Avenue. It marks the position held by the 153rd Pennsylvania Infantry on the afternoon of July 1, 1863, until outflanked and forced to retire to Cemetery Hill.

Description: Full-length figure of a uniformed bugler stands on a tapered pedestal with a Gothic top and a tiered, rough-hewn base. The figure holds the bugle to his lips in his proper right hand. His proper left hand is at his side by his sword. He has a canteen on his proper right hip. A relief of the Pennsylvania State Seal is affixed to the front of the pedestal. Base is stepped of rough-cut stone of which the lower part is five foot square. Flanking markers are one foot square. LF&RF markers positioned 241′, west and east, respectively from Monument.

National Park Service List of Classified Monuments Number: MN68.

Sculptor: Frederick & Field, fabricator.

Other Monuments: Main Monument | Secondary Monument

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