Image of the monument to the 2nd Rhode Island Volunteers. Monument is topped by a bronze sculpture of a war drum against which are leaning an ammunition bag, a canteen, a wreath and a bayonet. On top of the drum is am infantryman's cap with the cross badge of the Union's Sixth Army Corps. On the front of the monument it reads: 2nd R.I. / Volunteers / Second Brigade/ Third Division / Sixth Corps. In the center of the monument is a carved bas-relief of the shield of the State of Rhode Island. The photograph has been affixed to a card with the photographer's signature and "Gettysburg, Pa." printed in gold lettering at the bottom. One of the numerous monuments erected on the Gettysburg battlefield to honor the soldiers who fought and died in this decisive battle. Herbert William Singleton Collection Of Civil War Photographs, Huntington Digital Library, San Marino, California.
Type
image
Format
image/tiff
Extent
1 print : Gelatin silver ; 30.5. x 17.8 cm (12 x 7 in.)
United States. Army. Rhode Island Infantry Regiment, 2nd (1861-1865) Gettysburg, Battle of, Gettysburg, Pa., 1863--Monuments United States--History--Civil War, 1861-1865--Monuments--Photographs United States--History--Civil War, 1861-1865--Monuments Gelatin silver prints. (aat)
Place
Gettysburg (Pa.)
Source
Herbert William Singleton Collection Of Civil War Photographs (ca. 1861-1890s) Gettysburg Battlefield Monument Photographs by William H. Tipton United States Civil War, Huntington Digital Library
Provenance
Lindsey M. Gould, a Civil War veteran, acquired the photographs in the 1880s as a keepsake of his war experience. At Mr. Gould’s death around 1919, the entire collection went to his close friend Herbert W. Singleton. The collection remained in the Singleton family until May 2001 when the Huntington Library acquired it through a gift and purchase arrangement.
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