Alternate Designations: None.
Commander: Maj. John A. Danks (1826-1896).
Numbers: 296; 1 killed, 29 wounded, 4 missing.
Raised: Allegheny and Clarion.
Dedicated: Sept. 11, 1889.
Location: Located at the northwest corner of the intersection of Emmitsburg Road and Wheatfield Road. It is enclosed on two sides by a War Department board fence. The monument marks the general position held by skirmishers of the 63rd Pennsylvania on July 2, 1863.
Description: A cylindrical granite monument topped with the Third Corps diamond symbol is adorned on the front with a bronze relief plaque depicting the Pennsylvania state seal. Monument is a cylindrical granite shaft that is twelve foot in circumference that has a rough and smooth striped dome cap containing a four-sided diamond finial and set on a cylindrical, tapered rough hewn base that is 16.4 foot-in-circumference. The shaft has raised inscription panels and a bronze state seal on the east face. Overall height is 11.5 foot.
National Park Service List of Classified Monuments Number: MN187.
Sculptor: C. Van Gunden, Young & Drumm, fabricator.
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