Alternate Designations: None.
Commander: Capt. Orpheus S. Woodward (1835-1919).
Numbers: 308; 10 killed, 45 wounded.
Raised: Erie, Crawford, and Forest.
Dedicated: September 12, 1889.
Location: Located on the south slope of Little Round Top. The memorial marks the general site of the position held by the 83rd Pennsylvania infantry on the evening of July 2, 1863 when attacked by Law’s Brigade.
Description: Full-length portrait of Col. Strong Vincent, dressed in military uniform, grasping the sword at his proper left side. He stands atop a tiered base with polished granite panels and bronze Maltese Cross. Monument that has two flanking markers. Flanking markers are cross-gable topped, 1.8×1.4 foot.
Writing of this regiment, Fox stated: “The Eighty-third encountered more fighting and lost more men in battle than any other Pennsylvania regiment; in fact, its loss in action was exceeded by only one other in the entire Union army. None of its losses were caused by blunders, none occurred in disastrous routs; its dead always lay with their faces to the enemy.”
National Park Service List of Classified Monuments Number: MN91.
Sculptor: O’Kelley, S. J., sculptor.
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