Alternate Designations: 152nd Pennsylvania Volunteers.
Commander: Capt. William D. Rank (1838-1872).
Numbers: 2 Ordnance Rifles, 52 men. 1 missing.
Raised: Lebanon. The regiment was organized at Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, by the consolidation of Robert’s Battalion Pennsylvania Heavy Artillery (redesignated Companies C, D, and F), Segebarth’s Battalion Marine Artillery (Companies A, B, G, H, K, and L), and the 1st Battalion Pennsylvania Heavy Artillery (Company E). Companies I and M were organized in Philadelphia. Recruiting finished on February 17, 1863.
Installed Aug.-Sept. 1889. Dedicated Sept. 17, 1891.
Location: Located on the north side of Hanover Road, west of United States Cavalry Avenue. It indicates the position held by a section of Battery H on July 2, 1863 when they fired into the moving columns of Ewell’s Corps.
Description: Marker with rounded top and sloping plinth stands on rough-hewn base. The top and sides of the marker have rough-hewn surfaces. Recessed onto the front is a bas-relief of a cannon sitting on a rutted road against a split-rail fence. There are trees on the right and in the distance. A State Seal is affixed above the bas-relief and the Corps insignia of crossed swords is on the front face of the plinth. Monument is a three-part granite shaft with a polished face and rough cut on the other three sides, and set on a 7.5×5 foot rough cut base. The shaft has incised inscriptions, a bronze medallion, a corps emblem, and a sculptured bronze bas-relief. Overall height is 10 feet. Flanking markers are one foot square.
National Park Service List of Classified Monuments Number: MN381.
Sculptor: Beattie & Brooks, sculptor; Bureau Brothers, founder.
Other Monuments: Main Monument | Position Tablet
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