Alternate Designations: None.
Commander: Col. George L. Prescott (May 21, 1829-June 19, 1864).
Numbers: 406; 13 killed, 62 wounded, and 5 missing.
Raised: Middlesex, Plymouth, Essex, and Suffolk.
Dedicated: Oct. 8, 1885.
Location: It marks the position held by the 32nd Infantry in the afternoon of July 2, 1863, when attacked by Kershaw’s Brigade during the Confederate assault. Sickles Avenue at the Loop.
Description: Granite monument in the shape of a camp tent. Inscriptions are incised into the polished roof of the tend. Granite monument is in the shape of a camp tent on a six foot square base. Overall height is six foot. Inscriptions are incised into the polished tent roof. Flanking markers have gable tops with inscriptions on the polished faces, 1.6×8 foot.
National Park Service List of Classified Monuments Number: MN157.
Sculptor: Spaulding, S. G., sculptor.
Other Monuments: Main Monument | Hospital Position
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