Alternate Designations: None.
Commander: Col. Edward L. Bailey (1841-1930).
Numbers: 354; 20 killed, 137 wounded,
Raised: Rockingham, Cheshire, Hillsborough, Merrimack, and Strafford.
Dedicated: July 2, 1886.
Location: Located on the southwest corner of the Peach Orchard near the junction of Birney Avenue and Emmitsburg Road. The monument marks the advance position taken by the 2nd New Hampshire Infantry on the afternoon of July 2, 1863.
Description: Granite cone-shaped monument with reliefs of muskets at edges with muzzles pointing toward the apex, and diamond shapes below rifle butt. The monument is set upon a three-tiered base, the top polished level has text inscriptions. Monument is a 3.3 foot square smooth granite shaft with an apex top that contains reliefs of muskets pointing up at the edges and set on a 6.2 foot square rough hewn base. There are inscriptions in the base. Overall height is 11.4 feet. Flanking markers are 1.2 foot square, polished with inscriptions of which the right marker has an apex top and the left marker has a flat top.
National Park Service List of Classified Monuments Number: MN176.
Sculptor: Nahn, Thomas, sculptor.
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