The Monuments and Memorials of the Gettysburg Campaign
Lt. Col. William Brooke Rawle Memorial Flagpole
Dedicated: 1909.
Location: Confederate Cavalry Avenue on the East Cavalry Field.
Description: Memorial flagpole; one of two on the battlefield. It was dedicated in 1909; 1915. The plaque was added in 1915. Painted, sectional steel flagpole w/ bronze plaque. 55′ tall, about 8″-10″ in diameter w/ ball finial at top. This flagpole was erected by the Military Order of the Loyal Legion of the United States (MOLLUS) to honor one of its members, William Brooke Rawle, a veteran of East Cavalry Battlefield and one of its most noted historians.
