4th Ohio Infantry (Secondary Monument)

Dedicated September 14, 1887.

Location: Located on the east side of Emmitsburg Road, west of Ziegler’s Grove.

Description: A zinc (“white bronze”) obelisk adorned on the front with reliefs depicting crossed rifles, a cartridge box, and a wreath encircling a trefoil. The monument is flanked by two small square monuments. The monument marks the position of two companies, G & I, commanded by Capt. Peter Grubb at 3:00 P.M. on July 2, 1863. Dedicated on Ohio Day, September 14, 1887. Monument is zinc bronze in a simulated granite style obelisk with a pyramid cap set on a 2.3 foot square three part stepped rough cut stone base. The shaft has zinced bronze with excised letters. Overall height is 6.6 feet. Flanking markers are 1.2 foot square zinc (white bronze) with excised detail.

National Park Service List of Classified Monuments Number: MN205.

Sculptor: Monumental Bronze Company, founder.

Other Monuments: Main Monument | Position Monument

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