Alternate Designations: None.
Commander: Col. William W. Robinson (1819-1903), took command of brigade.
Numbers: 343; 21 killed, 105 wounded, 52 missing.
Raised: Columbia, Grant, Dane, Waushara, Marquette. The 7th Wisconsin was raised at Madison, Wisconsin, and mustered into Federal service September 2, 1861. The regiment participated in the Grand Review of the Armies on May 23, 1865, and then mustered out at Louisville, Kentucky, on July 2, 1865.
Dedicated June 30, 1888.
Location: Located on the west side of Meredith / Stone Avenue. The monument marks the advance positions of the 7th Wisconsin Infantry on July 1, 1863.
Description: The five-pointed insignia of the Iron Brigade stands atop a two-course pedestal and tiered, rough-hewn base. There are decorative emblematic reliefs on three sides of the monument. It has a polished red granite shaft with inscriptions on all faces and topped with the Iron Brigade insignia set on a 4.6 foot square rough hewn base. Overall height is 11.4 foot. Flanking markers are flat topped and nine inches square. The monument is constructed of red granite, like all the Wisconsin monuments at Gettysburg.
National Park Service List of Classified Monuments Number: MN34.
Sculptor: B & M Granite Company, fabricator.
Fox notes: “The Seventh Wisconsin was one of the three regiments which lost the most men killed in battle of any regiments in the Union Army. Its loss was not only numerically large, but the percentage of killed was also a remarkable one.”
Other Monuments: Main Monument | Position Marker
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