Alternate Designations: None.
Commander: Capt. Andrew Cowan (1841-1919)
Numbers: 6 Ordnance Rifles; 113 men. 4 killed, 8 wounded.
Raised: Cayuga County
Dedicated: July 3, 1887.
Location: Located southeast of the Copse of Trees on the west side of Hancock Avenue. It marks the position held by Andrew Cowan’s 1st New York Independent Battery on July 3, 1863.
Description: Monument that has two flanking wrought iron cannon mounted on cast iron carriages. Rectangular sculpture on a tiered base contains a relief in which the appearance of one of the regiment’s guns during the final moments of Longstreet’s assault is depicted. The VI Corps insignia of a Greek Cross and Excelsior Emblem is on the sides. Monument is a two-part stepped granite shaft of which the first part is finished and the second part is rough hewn and set on a 8.8×5.6 foot base. The first part of the shaft has an incised inscription and the second part has a bronze medallion in front, 6th Corps cross on the rear, and bas-relief and inscriptions on all sides. Overall height is 7.2 foot.
A new foundation was set under the monument in Sept. 1888 and it was repointed in 1904. The relief and seal received a hot wax treatment by E. Karkadoulis on Sept. 26-27, 1981.
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