G1781 Gettysburg PA c. 1890s Battlefield Monument Photographs & Book

  

ORIGINAL VINTAGE IMAGES - Fourteen (14) c. 1890s mounted - likely one-of-a-kind photographs. Thirteen (13) are of identified Gettysburg battlefield monuments. One photograph is on a group of cannons - location not identified.

Also includes the soft cover book. Gettysburg: Stories of Men and Monuments, As Told by Battlefield Guides As Told By.

Hawthorne - published by the Association of Licensed Battlefield Guides. The photographs are approximately 4.75 x 3.75 inches mounted on hard paper mounts approximately 5.25 x 6.25 inches in size. The images are very clean. All image mounts have some edge wear/chips.

Several have creases - see notes below. The book is clean with marks on the cover. The spine is tight with crisp clean pages. 1st New York Light Artillery.

Battery L, 1st New York Light Artillery. ("Rochester Union Grays") was an. That under the command of. Brooklyn Regiment - At the Railroad Cut - McPhearson Barn in background. The 14th Brooklyn was commanded at the Battle of Gettysburg by Colonel Edward Fowler, a Brooklyn bookkeeper.

It took 356 men into battle. Outheast of town on Wainwright Avenue at the foot of East Cemetery Hill. The 17th Connecticut was commanded at the Battle of Gettysburg by.

He was killed on July 1st, and Major Allen Brady took command. The regiment brought 386 men to Gettysburg, and lost 20 men killed, 81 wounded and 96 missing. High Water Mark "Commands Honored Monument". In recognition of the patriotism and gallantry displayed by their respective troops who met or assisted to repulse Longstreet's Assault.

General Governor Kemble Warren was Chief Engineer of the Army of the Potomac at the battle of Gettysburg. His monument stands on a large boulder at the summit of Little Round Top. John F Reynolds Monument - Commemorates where Major-General John F. Reynolds, Commander of the First Corps (Union Army) was killed on 1 July 1863 in the battle. Reynolds Equestrian Monument - On Chambersburg Pike.

Major General Winfield Scott Hancock Equestrian Monument. Southeast of Gettysburg on Cemetery Hill.

First Massachusetts Infantry - The 1st Massachusetts maintained a skirmish line on the army's front on July 2nd. Located south of Gettysburg on Emmitsburg Road across from Sickles Avenue. Union Brigadier General John Buford - Monument is west of Gettysburg on Chambersburg Road U.

To the officers and soldiers of the State of New York who fell in the Battle of Gettysburg, July 1, 2, 3, 1863 many of whom are here buried this monument is. Erected by a grateful commonwealth. Monument is south of the National Cemetery. (NOTE - Crease Upper Left Corner).

The Soldiers National Monument is south of Gettysburg in the National Cemetery. It stands near the location where Lincoln delivered the Gettysburg Address. The cornerstone of the monument was laid on July 4, 1865, and it was finished and dedicated on July 1, 1869. (NOTE - Lower Right Corner Crease). Major General George Meade Monument - South of Gettysburg on Cemetery Ridge. Image of Cannons - Location Unidentified. I do my best to describe items accurately and fairly.