Alternate Designations: None.
Commander:
25th Ohio: Lt. Col. Jeremiah Williams (1832-1915), captured on July 1; Capt. Nathaniel Manning (1837-1874), wounded on July 1; Lieut. William Maloney (1837-1912); Lieut. Israel White (ca. 1821-1867).
75th Ohio: Col. Andrew L. Harris (1835-1915), took command of brigade; Capt. George B. Fox (1843-1924).
Numbers:
25th Ohio: 280; 9 killed, 100 wounded, 75 missing.
75th Ohio: 285; 16 killed, 74 wounded, 96 missing.
Raised:
25th Ohio: Belmont, Monroe, Sandusky, Morgan, Noble, and Lucas.
75th Ohio: Hamilton, Preble, Warren, Athens, and Vinton.
Dedicated: Sept. 14, 1887.
Location: It marks the location where the 25th & 75th Ohio Infantry were located when they were hit by Hay’s Confederates after dark on July 2, 1863. Located at the base of East Cemetery Hill along Wainwright Avenue and beside Coster’s Brigade stone wall.
Description: Marker on a low base is topped with a draped Union flag. Monument is a smooth faced granite shaft with an apex top of a carved flag and set on a 6.10 foot square rough hewn base. The shaft has incised inscriptions on three sides. Overall height is 13.7 feet. Flanking markers for the 75th Infantry are 2×1.4 foot with a slant faced and the markers for the 25th Infantry are gable topped.
National Park Service List of Classified Monuments Number: MN294A.
Sculptor: Thomas Fox
Army of the Potomac > Eleventh Corps > First Division > Second Brigade
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