Administered by United States Department of the Interior National Park Service Washington District of Columbia
Administered by Gettysburg National Military Park 97 Taneytown Road Gettysburg Pennsylvania 17325
Located Gettysburg National Military Park Culp's Hill Gettysburg Pennsylvania 17325
Date:
Dedicated Sept. 26-27, 1907
Notes:
Index of American Sculpture, University of Delaware, 1985
Gettysburg Battlefield.
Save Outdoor Sculpture, Pennsylvania survey, 1995.
Image on file.
(On bronze plaque on front of base:) GEORGE SEARS GREENE/BREVET MAJOR GENERAL/UNITED STATES VOLUNTEERS/1801-1899 (description of General Greene and the troops under his command)/ERECTED BY THE STATE OF NEW YORK/1906 (On bronze plaque on back of base: description of General Greene's military activities from 1819 through the Civil War) unsigned
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Summary:
A standing portrait of General Greene depicted pointing his troops toward battle with his raised proper right arm. The sculpture rests atop a square base adorned with a bronze New York state seal on the right side and a 12th Corps Star on the left side.