State of Vermont Monument
©Michael Kendra, April 2002.
MONUMENT PROFILE
- Battlefield: Gettysburg National Military Park, Pennsylvania
- Location: Hancock Avenue, just North of the Pennsylvania Monument
- Map Coordinates: +39° 48' 33.98", -77° 14' 10.93"
- Men Engaged at Gettysburg from Vermont: 4,360
- Gettysburg Casualties from Vermont: 415 or 10%
MONUMENT DETAILS
- Artist:
- Sculptor: Karl Gerhardt
- Fabricator: Frederick & Field
- Dedicated: October 9, 1889
- Dimensions: Overall: H. 66 ft.
- Base: W. 17 ft. 5 in. x D. 17 ft. 5 in.
- Statue H. 11 ft.
- Cost: $11,750.00 in 1889
- Description:
At the top of a tall granite column is a bronze sculpture depicting Brig. Gen. George Stannard holding a sword in his proper left hand. At the foot of the column is a square base which rests on a three granite steps. The front or west side of the Vermont State Monument contains a bas relief carving of the state’s coat of arms.
- Remarks:
The statue depicts Stannard missing his right arm. Although he was wounded by an explosion of an artillery shell at Gettysburg on July 3rd, he did not lose his arm here. He lost his arm on September 29, 1864 in the Battle of Fort Harrison, near Petersburg, Virginia.
MONUMENT TEXT
VERMONT
IN HONOR OF HER SONS
WHO FOUGHT ON THIS FIELD.
IN HONOR OF HER SONS
WHO FOUGHT ON THIS FIELD.
FIRST VERMONT BRIGADE:
SECOND, THIRD, FOURTH, FIFTH
AND SIXTH REGIMENTS;
BRIG. GEN. L. A. GRANT COMMANDING;
SECOND BRIGADE, SECOND DIVISION, SIXTH CORPS.
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THE BRIGADE REACHED THE FIELD
NEAR LITTLE ROUND TOP IN THE AFTERNOON
OF JULY 2, 1863, BY A FORCED MARCH OF
THIRTY-TWO MILES, AND SOON AFTER
WAS ASSIGNED TO THE LEFT UNION FLANK,
WHERE IT HELD A LINE FROM THE SUMMIT OF
ROUND TOP TO THE TANEYTOWN ROAD
UNTIL THE CLOSE OF THE BATTLE.
SECOND, THIRD, FOURTH, FIFTH
AND SIXTH REGIMENTS;
BRIG. GEN. L. A. GRANT COMMANDING;
SECOND BRIGADE, SECOND DIVISION, SIXTH CORPS.
—-
THE BRIGADE REACHED THE FIELD
NEAR LITTLE ROUND TOP IN THE AFTERNOON
OF JULY 2, 1863, BY A FORCED MARCH OF
THIRTY-TWO MILES, AND SOON AFTER
WAS ASSIGNED TO THE LEFT UNION FLANK,
WHERE IT HELD A LINE FROM THE SUMMIT OF
ROUND TOP TO THE TANEYTOWN ROAD
UNTIL THE CLOSE OF THE BATTLE.
SECOND VERMONT BRIGADE:
TWELFTH, THIRTEENTH, FOURTEENTH,
FIFTEENTH AND SIXTEENTH REGIMENTS
BRIG. GEN. GEORGE STANNARD COMMANDING
THIRD BRIGADE, THIRD DIVISION, FIRST CORPS.
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THE BRIGADE ARRIVED ON CEMETERY HILL JULY 1, 1863.
THE TWELFTH AND FIFTEENTH REGIMENTS WERE DETACHED
TO GUARD THE CORPS TRAINS. ABOUT SUNSET, JULY 2,
THE THIRTEENTH, FOURTEENTH, AND SIXTEENTH MOVED TO
THIS PART OF THE FIELD, RETOOK BATTERY C, FIFTH U.S.
AND RE-ESTABLISHED THE UNION LINE.
—-
JULY 3, THESE REGIMENTS HELD THE FRONT LINE IN
ADVANCE OF THIS SPOT. IN THE CRISIS OF THE DAY, THE
THIRTEENTH AND SIXTEENTH CHANGED FRONT, AND ADVANCING
200 YARDS TO THE RIGHT, ASSAULTED THE FLANK OF PICKETT’S
DIVISION. THE SIXTEENTH THEN MOVED BACK 400 YARDS TO
THE LEFT AND CHARGED THE FLANK OF WILCOX’S AND PERRY’S
BRIGADES. THE FOURTEENTH SUPPORTED THESE CHARGES.
THE BRIGADE CAPTURED THREE FLAGS AND MANY PRISONERS.
TWELFTH, THIRTEENTH, FOURTEENTH,
FIFTEENTH AND SIXTEENTH REGIMENTS
BRIG. GEN. GEORGE STANNARD COMMANDING
THIRD BRIGADE, THIRD DIVISION, FIRST CORPS.
—-
THE BRIGADE ARRIVED ON CEMETERY HILL JULY 1, 1863.
THE TWELFTH AND FIFTEENTH REGIMENTS WERE DETACHED
TO GUARD THE CORPS TRAINS. ABOUT SUNSET, JULY 2,
THE THIRTEENTH, FOURTEENTH, AND SIXTEENTH MOVED TO
THIS PART OF THE FIELD, RETOOK BATTERY C, FIFTH U.S.
AND RE-ESTABLISHED THE UNION LINE.
—-
JULY 3, THESE REGIMENTS HELD THE FRONT LINE IN
ADVANCE OF THIS SPOT. IN THE CRISIS OF THE DAY, THE
THIRTEENTH AND SIXTEENTH CHANGED FRONT, AND ADVANCING
200 YARDS TO THE RIGHT, ASSAULTED THE FLANK OF PICKETT’S
DIVISION. THE SIXTEENTH THEN MOVED BACK 400 YARDS TO
THE LEFT AND CHARGED THE FLANK OF WILCOX’S AND PERRY’S
BRIGADES. THE FOURTEENTH SUPPORTED THESE CHARGES.
THE BRIGADE CAPTURED THREE FLAGS AND MANY PRISONERS.
FIRST VERMONT CAVALRY
FIRST BRIGADE, THIRD DIVISION, CAVALRY CORPS.
—-
THIS REGIMENT FOUGHT STUART’S CAVALRY AT
HANOVER, JUNE 30, 1863, OPPOSED HAMPTON’S CAVALRY
AT HUNTERSTOWN, JULY 2, AND CHARGED THROUGH THE
FIRST TEXAS INFANTRY AND UPON THE LINE OF LAW’S
BRIGADE AT THE FOOT OF ROUND TOP, JULY 3.
—-
VERMONT SHARPSHOOTERS:
CO. F. FIRST U.S.S. CO’S E AND H, SECOND U.S.S.;
SECOND BRIGADE, FIRST DIVISION, THIRD CORPS.
—-
JULY 2, COMPANY F AIDED IN CHECKING THE ADVANCE
OF WILCOX’S BRIGADE WEST OF SEMINARY RIDGE.
COMPANIES E AND H RESISTED LAW’S BRIGADE
WEST OF DEVIL’S DEN AND UPON THE ROUND TOPS.
JULY 3, THE THREE COMPANIES TOOK PART
IN THE REPULSE OF PICKETT’S CHARGE.
FIRST BRIGADE, THIRD DIVISION, CAVALRY CORPS.
—-
THIS REGIMENT FOUGHT STUART’S CAVALRY AT
HANOVER, JUNE 30, 1863, OPPOSED HAMPTON’S CAVALRY
AT HUNTERSTOWN, JULY 2, AND CHARGED THROUGH THE
FIRST TEXAS INFANTRY AND UPON THE LINE OF LAW’S
BRIGADE AT THE FOOT OF ROUND TOP, JULY 3.
—-
VERMONT SHARPSHOOTERS:
CO. F. FIRST U.S.S. CO’S E AND H, SECOND U.S.S.;
SECOND BRIGADE, FIRST DIVISION, THIRD CORPS.
—-
JULY 2, COMPANY F AIDED IN CHECKING THE ADVANCE
OF WILCOX’S BRIGADE WEST OF SEMINARY RIDGE.
COMPANIES E AND H RESISTED LAW’S BRIGADE
WEST OF DEVIL’S DEN AND UPON THE ROUND TOPS.
JULY 3, THE THREE COMPANIES TOOK PART
IN THE REPULSE OF PICKETT’S CHARGE.
ADDITIONAL PHOTOS
Albumen silver print by William H. Tipton taken about 1889, Image courtesy of Getty's Open Content Program.
The front or west side of the Vermont State Monument contains a bas relief carving of the state’s coat of arms.
Photo
Detail of Bronze Statue, After Monument cleaned and waxed.
NPS Photo, July 18, 2018
Detail of Bronze Statue, After Monument cleaned and waxed.
NPS Photo, July 18, 2018
A 120-foot lift is used to access the top of the 60-foot monument. NPS Photo, July 18, 2018
Stannard’s left hand holds a sword; this photo shows a number of small details not visible from the ground.
NPS Photo, July 18, 2018
From up close, the eagles on Stannard’s belt and buttons are visible.
NPS Photo, July 18, 2018
REPORT FROM THE VERMONT COMMISSIONERS
ON MONUMENTS AT GETTYSBURG
THE STATE MONUMENT AND STANNARD STATUE.
In pursuance of this new legislation, the Commissioners invited the submission of designs and proposals for a bronze statue of Gen-
eral Stannard. Five artists, in different parts of the country, presented designs for this statue, or specimens of their work, and proposals were received from several bronze founders for the casting.
The Commissioners became favorably impressed with the work of Mr. Karl Gerhardt, of Hartford, Conn., whose equestrian statue of Gen. Israel Putnam, at Brooklyn, Conn., and statues of Josiah Bartlett at Amesbury, Mass., and of Gen. Warren, on Little Round Top at Gettysburg, had successfully passed the ordeal of high criticism and secured for the young sculptor valuable orders from other cities and states ; and as he also made the most satisfactory proposal for the model and bronze casting, a contract was closed with him on the 31st day of January, 1889. To make a heroic portrait statue for a monument 55 feet in height was a difficult task, and the difficulty was increased by the fact that no good profile photograph of the deceased General could be found. Members of the Commission inspected the work several times during the progress of modeling the statue, and finally a plaster cast of the head was taken by the artist to Burlington and shown to Mrs. Stannard and her daughters, who pronounced it an excellent portrait.
It is well known that General Stannard did not lose his right arm until some time after the battle of Gettysburg ; * but as this statue was designed to commemorate valor and typify sacrifice in the war as a whole, it was thought proper that the figure should be represented with an empty sleeve, as the hero appeared at the close of the war.
The statue was cast by the Henry Bonnard Bronze Company, of New York, and was inspected at their works and accepted after they had placed it upon the monument.
As was anticipated, it adds finish and impressiveness to a beautiful structure, and the monument, as a whole, is the most classic, stately and commanding object on that portion of the field, if not upon the entire field. The Commissioners congratulate the State upon the good fortune which attended their contracts, through which the work was well executed at a cost far below the estimates of many good judges of such work, who have viewed the finished structure.
*Gen. Stannard lost his right arm at Fort Harrison, Va.
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citation information
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Article Title: | State of Vermont Monument (Gettysburg) |
Article Subject: | Civil War Monuments, Structures, & Other Points of Interest |
Author: | ★Mike Kendra, @CivilWarTalk |
Website Name: | CivilWarTalk.com |
URL: | https://civilwartalk.com/threads/state-of-vermont-monument-gettysburg.165460/ |
Publisher: | CivilWarTalk, LLC |
Original Published Date: | November 25, 2019 |
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