The
Pennsylvania Monument
Gettysburg National Military Park, Pennsylvania
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Dedicated
September 27, 1910
Towering
69 feet above the battlefield, this massive monument honors all
Pennsylvanians who participated in the Battle of Gettysburg. Originally,
34,530 names were inscribed on 90 tablets, each representing a
different regiment. However, the rosters, taken from original
army payroll forms, contained numerous misspellings as well as
the names of men who had died, deserted, or been captured before
the battle. To this day, work continues on the correction, insertion,
and removal of names.
Sculptor
Samuel Murray cast the bronze “Goddess of Victory and Peace”
statue atop the monument from melted down cannons used in the
war. He also sculpted granite monoliths depicting various phases
of the battle above each of the four archways. W. Liance Cottrell,
the monument’s architect, had planned on portrait statues
flanking each arch, but the budget was depleted before the unveiling.
The necessary funding was appropriated to have the statues completed
by several artists in time for the Fiftieth Anniversary celebration
in 1913. These eight-foot tall bronze statues represent President
Abraham Lincoln; Andrew Curtin, the state’s war-governor;
and six Pennsylvania-born generals.
Text
© 2002 Terry White, Drawing © 2002 Bill Harrah
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