Headquarters of Major General Daniel E. Sickles

Dedicated: June 1913.

Location: Located on South side of Unites States Avenue near Trostle House.

Description: One of ten Civil War US Headquarter Markers in the Park. Consists of cast iron cannon tube, 4.5-inch rifled siege gun, mounted on a granite base. Erected by the Gettysburg National Parks Commission. Designed by Emmor B. Cope of the War Department. Rough-hewn, coursed, 3 part base, 3’2″sq, 2’7″H. Cannon tube mounted upright on base. Overall 10’6″H. Bronze inscription tablet on North face.

Inscription:

Army of the Potomac
3d. Corps Headquarters
Major General
Daniel E. Sickles
July 1. 2. 1863