Dedicated: November 1904.
Location: Near Rock Creek (accessible from East Confederate Avenue). Located on the west side of Rock Creek east of East Confederate Avenue. Indicates position held morning July 2, 1863 in skirmishing pattern, until rejoining Union left.
Description: Marker is sculpted in the likeness of an infantry knapsack with a bedroll on top. The 12th Corps star insignia is on the plinth in front. The piece stands on a sloped plinth and low, rough-hewn base. It indicates the position taken by the 28th Pennsylvania Infantry on the morning of July 2, 1863 and held by them as skirmishers until ordered to reinforce the Union left that evening. Monument has a two-part granite shaft of which the first part is chamfered with an excised Twelfth Corps star symbol on the front and the second part is sculpted in a knapsack and bedroll with an inscription on the front and a bronze tablet on the rear. It rests on a 5.10 1/2 foot square rough cut base that has tooled a tooled edge. Overall height is 7.10 feet.
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