Alternate Designations: Henry Wilson’s Regiment.
Commander: Lt. Col. Thomas Sherwin, Jr. (1839-1914).
Numbers: 348; 3 killed, 27 wounded, 1 missing.
Raised: Suffolk, Middlesex, Bristol, Norfolk, and Essex.
Dedicated: Oct. 8, 1885.
Location: The Loop, south of Sickles Avenue. The monument indicates the position held by the 22nd Massachusetts Infantry in brigade line formed by Col. William S. Tilton on July 2, 1863, just as the Confederates attacked from the Rose Farm Buildings.
Description: The monument consists of a polished die with fluted pilasters at the corners, a Maltese Cross finial and an apex cap. The monument stands on a rough-hewn plinth and base. Monument is a three foot square granite shaft with fluted pilasters at the corners set on a 4.5 foot square rough hewn base. Overall height is 9.5 foot. The shaft has polished inscription panels and a stepped apex cap and Maltese Cross finial. Flanking markers have gable tops with inscriptions on the face, 1.6×8 foot.
National Park Service List of Classified Monuments Number: MN159.
Sculptor: Smith Granite Company, fabricator.
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