Alternate Designations: Mozart Regiment.
Commander: Col. Thomas W. Egan (ca. 1834-1887).
Numbers: 606; 23 killed, 120 wounded, 7 missing.
Raised: New York City and Onodonga County. The 40th New York was mustered at Yonkers, New York, on June 27, 1861, sponsored by the Union Defense Committee of New York City by special authority from the War Department. The regiment mustered out on June 27, 1865, after participating in the Grand Review of the Armies.
Dedicated: July 2, 1888.
Location: Located in the Valley of Death west of Little Round Top and east of Houck’s Ridge, north of Warren Avenue. The monument marks the position of the 40th New York Infantry on July 2, 1863.
Description: Monument comprised of a granite soldier “hidden” behind rock, with the rifle in hand at his side. The soldier is dressed in uniform. The boulder against which he is propped is decorated with a bronze tondo New York state shield with a blind-folded figure of Justice with scales in one hand and sword in other upraised hand; and a female figure holding what appears to be a torch. Above the shield is an eagle. Interestingly, this monument is the only one on the battlefield built with the appropriations of two states; the monument was paid for by the $1500.00 granted by New York and the $500.00 granted by Massachusetts — reflecting the regiment’s multi-state origins. Overall height is 6.10 foot. The shaft has a bronze state seal on the north and bronze inscription tablets on the south and west. Flanking markers are one foot square.
National Park Service List of Classified Monuments Number: MN124.
Sculptor: Barr, R.D., sculptor; Smith Granite Company, fabricator.
The 40th New York had the 2nd highest numbers of casualties of any New York Regiment, behind the famous 69th New York Infantry of the Irish Brigade.
Other Monuments: Main Monument | Memorial Boulder
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