Alternate Designations: Pennsylvania Legion; 45th Pennsylvania Volunteers.
Commander: Capt. Daniel F. Kelly (1837-?).
Numbers: 332; 7 killed, 27 wounded.
Raised: Philadelphia.
Dedicated: Sept. 12, 1889.
Location: East Cemetery Hill, near north slope. Monument indicates the position held by the 73rd Pennsylvania Infantry on the evening of July 2, 1863 when assisting in repulsing the assault of Hay’s Confederate Brigade and coming to the aid of Wiedrich’s Battery.
Description: The monument is made of Quincy granite and cost $2,183.00. Monument consists of a base, plinth, die and modified apex cap topped with a crescent. There is a relief depicting a battle scene on the front, and another depicting a State Seal above it. Monument is a 4.9 foot square smooth faced granite shaft with a granite crescent apex and set on a six foot square rough hewn base. The shaft has incised inscriptions on four sides and a bronze bas-relief and state seal on the west side. Flanking markers are one foot square.
National Park Service List of Classified Monuments Number: MN295.
Sculptor: Alexander Milne Calder
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