Posted 11 years ago
ogdencriss
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I work in Gettysburg Pa. In a expo hall and I found this photo today and wanted to share it with every one.maybe some help on what monument this is..who are these people,anything at all would be appreciated
the statue looks to match this one on a different pedestal of Union soldier memorial in Ypsilanti, Michigan:
https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Statue_of_Union_Soldier_Atop_Memorial_to_Civil_War_Dead,_Highland_Cemetery,_Ypsilanti,_Michigan.JPG
here's another identifying the sculptor as Edward Pausch. Seems this flag bearer statue was used in several locations:
http://www.babcocksmithhouse.org/GraniteIndustry/MapUS/OH/Tiffin/TiffinSoldiers.html
base on this one at Gettysburg looks like a closer match:
http://www.babcocksmithhouse.org/GraniteIndustry/MapUS/PA/Gettysburg/13MA.html
Tallcakes has it-- memorial is the 13th Mass at Gettysburg monument:
http://gettysburg.stonesentinels.com/union-monuments/massachusetts/13th-massachusetts/
The memorial was dedicated in 1885-- would think that these are veterans at the dedication (based on age and clothing).
The photo is a later copy as it is not an 1880s format.
scott
It does look like a scanned copy and there is a number on the bottom left were part of it was not copied.