Alternate Designations: None.
Commander: Col. Peter Sides (1820-1878), wounded on July 2; Capt. Alanson H. Nelson (1828-1921).
Numbers: 207; 11 killed, 46 wounded, 58 missing.
Raised: Bradford, Mercer, Crawford, and Tioga.
Dedicated: July 2, 1888.
Location: Located on the west side of Emmitsburg Road at the Sherfy farm house. It is enclosed with a cast iron fence. The monument indicates the position first taken by the regiment when Sickles advanced his Third Corps.
Description: A draped obelisk adorned with a bronze relief plaque depicting the state seal. Monument is a 2.10 foot square granite shaft with an apex top that is covered with a sculptured draped flag and set on a five foot square smooth base. The shaft has inscription panels on all sides and a bronze state seal on the east face. Overall height is 11.7 foot. Flanking markers are one foot square with flat tops and inscriptions on the east faces.
National Park Service List of Classified Monuments Number: MN190.
Sculptor: McMenamin, carver.
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