Alternate Designations: Giddings Regiment.
Commander: Capt. Wilbur F. Stevens (ca. 1839-1894), wounded on July 3; Capt. Edward Hayes (1829-1899).
Numbers: 332; 7 killed, 31 wounded.
Raised: Ashtabula, Summit, and Medina.
Dedicated: Sept. 14, 1887.
Location: Slocum Avenue. It indicates the position where the 29th Ohio relieved the 137th New York on the morning of July 3, 1863, and engaged Confederates for over two hours.
Description: Monument has an apexed cap and stands on a tiered base. On the front face is a bas-relief which depicts a camp tent with various weapons and other military accouterments. These include a drum, knapsack, muskets with bayonets, cartridge box and canteen. Monument is a two-part white granite shaft set on a 9.11×4.6 foot rough cut base. The lower part of the shaft has a polished stone with incised inscriptions on four sides and the upper part has rough-cut sides with a tent and crossed rifle bas-relief on the front and incised inscription on the rear. Overall height is ten feet. Flanking markers are 1.8×1.3 foot.
National Park Service List of Classified Monuments Number: MN322.
Sculptor: McGinn, Patrick, sculptor.
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