Alternate Name: Morgan’s Rifles.
Dedicated July 3, 1890.
Location: Located on the west side of Taneytown Road by the Leister house. It marks the location where the 93rd New York Infantry served as headquarters guard for the commander of the Army of the Potomac on July 2 & 3, 1863.
Description: Pyramidal monolithic forms stand on a rough-hewn base. Bronze elements include a knapsack, cartridge box, canteen, a State Seal tondo and the Corps insignia. The tondo is on the upper portion of the piece on the south side, the insignia is on the north side and the other pieces hang from the apex of the monolith. Monument is a granite shaft in a combination smooth cut with excised lettering and a rough cut with bronze medallion, bronze cartridge, canteen, and tablet, and set on a 6.6 foot square rough cut base with tooled edge. Overall height is 9.4 feet. Flanking markers are one foot square with chamfered tops.
Fox notes that “The Ninety-third was a great favorite at headquarters on account of its superior discipline, drill, and general efficiency.” As its inclusion in Fox’s Fighting 300 denotes, this was also a solid fighting regiment.
National Park Service List of Classified Monuments Number: MN278.
Sculptor: Frederick & Field, fabricator.
Tipton photograph of old Meade Avenue, including the monument to the 93rd New York.
