Alternate Designations: Governor’s Guard.
Commander: Col. Orlando H. Morris (1835-June 3, 1864), wounded; Lt. Col. John S. Hammell (1842-1873), wounded; Maj. Peter A. Nelson (1818-1899).
Numbers: 176; 5 killed, 29 wounded, 10 missing.
Raised: New York City.
Dedicated: Oct. 9, 1889.
Location: Located on the north side of Sickles Avenue at the Loop. The monument marks the position reached by the 66th regiment in the early evening of July 2, 1863. Marks position reached by 66th New York on July 2, 1863 in their “victorious advance” across the Wheatfield to the ravine of the Rose Farm.
Description: The monument was paid for using the state appropriation of $1,500.00. Granite shaft with apex cap, and bronze adornments, including a trefoil design and state tondo on one side; and a relief depicting Union soldier sharing canteen and shaking hands with a Confederate soldier under a banner inscribed Peace and Unity. Monument is a Hallowell granite shaft topped with a cornice and apex cap set on a 7×6.3 foot rough and smooth double base. Overall height is 13.9 foot. The shaft has a bronze trefoil and state seal on the east face and a bronze relief on the west side.
National Park Service List of Classified Monuments Number: MN155.
Sculptor: Power, Maurice J., 1838-1902, sculptor.
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