80TH NEW YORK INFANTRY WAR MEMORIAL
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Listing Details
Location: GETTYSBURG NATIONAL MILITARY PARK-REYNOLDS AVENUE
City: GETTYSBURG
State: Pennsylvania
Zip Code: 17325
Type of Memorial: War Memorials
Year Dedicated: 1888
Access: Public
Wars Commemorated: CIVIL WAR
Photograph By: CRAIG SWAIN
Submitted By: COURTESY OF HMdb.org
80TH NEW YORK INFANTRY WAS IN THE FRONT LINE OF BATTLE ON JULY 3D RESISTING PICKETT’S ATTACK.
NUMBER ENGAGED AT GETTYSBURG 375
KILLED 35, WOUNDED 111, MISSING 24.
ATOP THE MEMORIAL IS A “FULL MOON” THE SYMBOL OF THE FIRST CORPS. INSIDE THE MOON IS A RELIEF OF A RAISED HAND, SYMBOLIZING THE REGIMENTS OATH TO PROTECT THE UNION. ALSO NOTE THE FOUR PILLARS AT THE CORNERS OF THE CENTER OF THE MEMORIAL.
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