Louisiana State Memorial, Gettysburg, Pennsylvania
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N 39° 48.175 W 077° 15.351
18S E 306879 N 4408317
The Louisiana State Memorial is located in the Gettysburg National Military Park, along West Confederate Avenue, near Gettysburg, Adams County, Pennsylvania.
Waymark Code: WM14V8
Location: Pennsylvania, United States
Date Posted: 01/15/2007
Published By:Groundspeak Regular Member showbizkid
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The Louisiana State Memorial was placed by the Louisiana Division of the United Daughters of the Confederacy.

The Louisiana State Memorial is made of two bronze statues, the first a nine-foot reclining artilleryman who has fallen, perhaps wounded. The second figure, a ten-foot tall female who represents the "Spirit of the Confederacy" floating above the dead soldier.

The memorial is made of Polished Green Granite Bronze, at a cost of about $100,000.
Date Installed or Dedicated: 06/11/1971

Name of Government Entity or Private Organization that built the monument: Louisiana Division of the United Daughters of the Confederacy

Union, Confederate or Other Monument: Confederate

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