Alternate Designations: None.
Commander: Lt. Col. John Pulford (1837-1896).
Numbers: 283; 19 killed, 86 wounded, 4 missing.
Raised: St. Clair, Macomb, Saginaw, Oakland, Wayne, Livingston, and Shiawassee.
Installed Nov. 27, 1888. Dedicated June 12, 1889.
Location: Located on the north side of Sickles Avenue near the Loop and Wheatfield. It marks the position held by the 5th Michigan regiment on July 2, 1863, around 4:30 p.m.
Description: Granite monument with relief of an infantryman holding his musket on the front, and bronze state shield below. Monument is a 4×2.7 foot hammered and smooth granite shaft set on a 6.3×4.11 foot rough hewn base resting on a boulder. The shaft has a sculpted relief of an infantryman loading his musket and a bronze state seal on the south side. A historical inscription is incised on the north face.
According to Fox, the 5th Michigan sustained the heaviest loss in battle of any regiment from the Wolverine state.
National Park Service List of Classified Monuments Number: MN154.
Sculptor: Ryegate Granite Company, fabricator.
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