The Eighty-Eighth Monument - Oak Ridge, Gettysburg, PA
Courtesy of Patty Rich, Gettysburg Landscapes
The monument to the Eighty-Eigth Pennsylvania Voluunteers is located on Oak Ridge at Doubleday Avenue. The monument indicates the position in the brigade line held by the 88th Pennsylvania Infantry on the afternoon of July 1, 1863. Near the sight is another monument with marks the Eighty-Eighth's forward postiion during the attack against General Alfred Iverson's North Carolina brigade. This area is also refered to as the Iverson Pits.
The top of this monument includes a book, trumpet, flag, drum, revolver, sword, rifle, hat, canteen and haversack topped by an eagle.
A square relief of the Pennsylvania State Seal is affixed to the right side. On the back is a circle, surrounded by a wreath, which is the symbol of the First Corps. The Eighty-Eighth later became part of the Fifth Corps.
Overall, its dimensions are approximately thirteen feet two inches in height. The sculpture is approximately seven feet four and a half inches in height with a width of four feet. Its base is five feet ten inches high with a width of two feet six inches.
The sculpture was dedicated in Sept. 1889 by the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania and was sculpted by John Lackner.
The inscription reads:
About noon, July 1st 1863, the regiment was in line along the
Mummasburg Road, 200 yards S.E. of this monument. Later it changed direction and
formed here, charged forward and captured two battle flags and a number of
prisoners. at 4 p.m. the Division was overpowered and forced through the
town.
July 2nd the regiment was in position facing the Emmitsburg Road and on
July 3rd at Ziegler's Grove, as indicated by markers.
Recruited in Philadelphia and Reading. Mustered in September 1861.
Re-enlisted January 1864. Mustered out June 30th 1865.
Engagements: Cedar Mountain, Rappahannock Station, Thoroughfare Gap,
Second Bull Run, Chantilly, Antietam, Fredericksburg, Chancellorsville,
Gettysburg, Mine Run, Wilderness, Spottsylvania, North Anna, Totopotomoy,
Bethesda Church, Cold Harbor, Peteresburg, Weldon R.R., Dabney's Mill, Boydton
Road, Five Forks, Appomattox.
The top of this monument includes a book, trumpet, flag, drum, revolver, sword, rifle, hat, canteen and haversack topped by an eagle.
A square relief of the Pennsylvania State Seal is affixed to the right side. On the back is a circle, surrounded by a wreath, which is the symbol of the First Corps. The Eighty-Eighth later became part of the Fifth Corps.
Overall, its dimensions are approximately thirteen feet two inches in height. The sculpture is approximately seven feet four and a half inches in height with a width of four feet. Its base is five feet ten inches high with a width of two feet six inches.
The sculpture was dedicated in Sept. 1889 by the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania and was sculpted by John Lackner.
The inscription reads:
About noon, July 1st 1863, the regiment was in line along the
Mummasburg Road, 200 yards S.E. of this monument. Later it changed direction and
formed here, charged forward and captured two battle flags and a number of
prisoners. at 4 p.m. the Division was overpowered and forced through the
town.
July 2nd the regiment was in position facing the Emmitsburg Road and on
July 3rd at Ziegler's Grove, as indicated by markers.
Recruited in Philadelphia and Reading. Mustered in September 1861.
Re-enlisted January 1864. Mustered out June 30th 1865.
Engagements: Cedar Mountain, Rappahannock Station, Thoroughfare Gap,
Second Bull Run, Chantilly, Antietam, Fredericksburg, Chancellorsville,
Gettysburg, Mine Run, Wilderness, Spottsylvania, North Anna, Totopotomoy,
Bethesda Church, Cold Harbor, Peteresburg, Weldon R.R., Dabney's Mill, Boydton
Road, Five Forks, Appomattox.
Courtesy of Lynn Chiocchio Light
Courtesy of Lynn Chiocchio Light
Courtesy of Lynn Chiocchio Light
Courtesty of Michael Waricher, Michael Waricher Battlefield Perspectives
Courtesy Michael Waricher, Michael Waricher Battlefield Perspectives
Courtesy of Eric Wible (11th PVI Re enactor)
"Then & Now" Photograph of the 88th Pennsylvania Monument - Courtesy of Greg Ainsworth
"Elysium" - Music by Lisa Gerrard