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 at Gettysburg National Military Park McPherson Ridge, near junction of Reynolds & Meredith Avenue Gettysburg Pennsylvania 17325
Date:
Dedicated Sept. 25, 1917
Notes:
Index of American Sculpture, University of Delaware, 1985
Gettysburg Battlefield.
Save Outdoor Sculpture, Pennsylvania survey, 1995.
National Park Service, American Monuments and Outdoor Sculpture Database, PA2068, 1989.
Image on file.
MASSEY RHIND, SCULPTOR / JNO. WILLIAMS, INC. BRONZE FOUNDRY, N.Y. (On lower front of base:) NEW YORK (On plaque on front of base:) ABNER DOUBLEDAY/MAJOR-GENERAL, USV./1819-1893/COMMANDED FIRST CORPS ARMY/OF THE POTOMAC AT GETTYSBURG/JULY 1, 1863 (description of military service) signed Founder's mark appears.
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Summary:
A standing portrait of General Doubleday holding his sword in his proper left hand and a pair of binoculars in his proper right hand. The sculpture rests atop a square base adorned with a bronze inscription plaque and a circular bronze plaque depicting the New York state seal.
