Alternate Designations: “Martin’s.”
Commander: Lt. Aaron F. Walcott (1836-1907).
Numbers: Six 12-lb Napoleons, 145 men; no losses.
Raised: Suffolk County.
Dedicated: October 8, 1885.
Location: corner of the F.Althoff/John Weikert Lane and Wheatfield Road in the Plum Run Valley. It marks the position held by the 3rd Massachusetts unit on the late afternoon of July 2, 1863.
Description: A granite monument with finial of five polished gray granite cannon balls. The front of the monument has a polished V Corps insignia design, with artillery insignia emblackened. Monument is a 1.10 foot square granite shaft topped with four polished granite balls and set on a 3.6 foot base. Overall height is 6.8 foot. The shaft is inscribed on all faces with a polished insignia of the V Corps and artillery and raised letters on the south face.
National Park Service List of Classified Monuments Number: MN117.
Sculptor: Smith Granite Company, fabricator.
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