Missing Monuments

Missing Monuments

There are several flank markers and monuments that appear to have been removed. If you have any information on any of the following, please email me.

1K OH Artillery (Carlisle Rd). No right flank marker.

149 NY (Culp's Hill). No right flank marker.

65 NY (Culp's Hill). No right flank marker.

122 NY (Culp's Hill). No left flank marker.

67 NY (Culp's Hill). The 1905 Nicholson Map faintly shows a left flank marker between the 65th NY monument and the 65th NY left flank marker (click on image to enlarge). This marker was very close to Slocum Avenue; perhaps it was removed when the road was moved.

55 OH (Taneytown Rd & Steinwehr Ave). No right flank marker. The 1905 Nicholson Map shows this marker. It apparently was removed when the cemetery annex was added.

90 PA (Ziegler's Grove) No right flank marker. The 1905 Nicholson Map shows this marker. It apparently was removed when the Cyclorama parking lot was added.

1E PA Artillery (Summit Culp's Hill) No left flank marker. An old postcard shows a left flank marker, as does The 1905 Nicholson Map. It was probably removed when Slocum Avenue was moved or when the tower was erected (click images to enlarge).

109 PA (Culp's Hill). The regiment's monument says that the regiment "was withdrawn with the brigade and returning in the night found the works in the possession of the enemy, when it formed at right angles to this line behind a ledge of rocks to the left and rear of this position, designated by a marker." According to where the regiment fought, the marker should be in the ravine, to the right of the 29th PA monument, and to the left of the 5th Ohio, but we have thoroughly explored this area to no avail. The 1905 Nicholson map does not show this marker. Did it ever exist?

Personally, I feel that the Park Service should restore these markers (assuming that some of them are stored in a maintenance shed). They were erected by the veterans who fought at Gettysburg and thus take priority over Park Service roads and parking lots. Furthermore, they are central to understanding the placement of the troops on the battlefield.

This page was last updated by rmyers3@lhup.edu on 09/18/2005

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