Alternate Designations: None.
Commander: Maj. Robert L. Bodine (1832-1874)
Numbers: 365; 30 killed, 176 wounded, 7 missing.
Raised: Philadelphia.
Installed between 1888-1890.
Location: Located on the east side of Emmitsburg Road north of the junction with Sickles Avenue. The monument indicates the position held by the 26th Infantry on the afternoon of July 2, 1863 in the brigade line along Emmitsburg Road. Here they were attacked by Confederates until relieved by a division of the 2nd Corps.
Description: A square granite monument carved on the front with a relief depicting a soldier’s backpack and bedroll. Below the relief is a bronze plaque depicting the state seal, and above the relief is the diamond symbol of the Third Corps. Monument is a 3.2 foot square granite shaft with an apex cap with a panel containing the Third Corps diamond insignia and set on a 6.5 foot square rough hewn base. The shaft has incised inscriptions on all sides and a knapsack sculpted on the west face. Overall height is 10.6 feet. Flanking markers are one foot square with a polished flat top and inscriptions. Monument includes commemorative era fencing.
National Park Service List of Classified Monuments Number: MN202.
Sculptor: Cessler, J. M., carver.
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