The Monuments and Memorials of the Gettysburg Campaign
Maj. Gen. Winfield Scott Hancock Wounding Monument
Erected between 1886 and 1893. Dedicated 1892.
Location: Located on the west side of Hancock Avenue, near Pleasonton Avenue. It indicates the area where Major General Winfield Scott Hancock was wounded during the closing minutes of Longstreet’s assault on July 3, 1863.
Description: Monument is a tapered granite shaft of coursed rough cut stone except for the center stone and topped with a pyramidal finished stone cap and set on a 2.2 1/2 foot square base. Smooth and rough-hewn blue Westerly granite; base: concrete.
National Park Service List of Classified Monuments Number: MN251.
