Finding Equestrian Monuments at Gettysburg

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This page is a web-based learning exercise to help you develop a mental image of the monuments that you will look for on your ride.

To skip this electronic “scavenger hunt” exercise and go directly to a map and photos, click here: Equestrian Monuments at Gettysburg.

There are eight equestrian monuments in Gettysburg National Military Park. Finding equestrian monuments at Gettysburg is not difficult, since they are large structures and relatively small in number. On the other hand, finding equestrian monuments at Gettysburg means bicycling though most of the battlefield. And that requires a little planning if your goal is to include each of these monuments in a single bicycle route.

8 Equestrian Monuments

Six of the eight equestrian monuments honor generals from the Army of the Potomac (AOP), the Union army that fought at the Battle of Gettysburg, July 1-3, 1863. And two equestrian monuments honor generals from the Army of Northern Virginia (ANV), the Confederate army that attacked Gettysburg. They are listed in the following table.

Equestrian Monuments

#	General	Army	Ddedication	Sculptor
1	Maj. Gen. John F. Reynolds	AOP	1899	Henry Kirke Bush-Brown (1857–1935)
2	Gen. Robert E. Lee	ANV	1917	Frederick Sievers (1872–1966)
3	Lt. Gen. James Longstreet	ANV	1998	Gary Casteel
4	Maj. Gen. John Sedgwick	AOP	1913	Henry Kirke Bush-Brown (1857–1935)
5	Maj. Gen. George G. Meade	AOP	1896	Henry Kirke Bush-Brown (1857–1935)
6	Maj. Gen. Henry W. Slocum	AOP	1902	Edward Clark Potter (1857–1923)
7	Maj. Gen. Winfield S. Hancock	AOP	1896	Frank Edwin Elwell (1858–1922)
8	Maj. Gen. Oliver O. Howard	AOP	1932	Robert Aitken (1878–1949)

Finding Equestrian Monuments at Gettysburg

For each monument’s photograph, find its location on the map. (Or you could do it the other way around: For each map location, find the associated monument photograph.)

I am deliberately leaving this work to you as a learning exercise. As you interact with the maps, photographs, and above table, you will find yourself learning more about Gettysburg National Military Park.

Then plan a bicycle route that passes each equestrian monument. Two routes might be easier to plan and ride. The first would focus on battlefield events of July 1, 1863 (and include only the Reynolds monument north of town). The second route could begin on the north end of West Confederate Avenue and head south, eventually cutting east on Millerstown and then Wheatfield Roads to turn left onto Sedgwick Avenue. Having at this point visited three equestrian monuments (Lee, Longstreet, and Sedgwick), ride north to Hancock Avenue to visit the Meade equestrian monument. Finally, there are several ways to ride from here to East Cemetery Hill (Hancock, Howard) and Stevens’ Knoll (Slocum), but you might prefer to visit these monuments on yet another bicycle trip.

Maps

Gettysburg North of Town

The John F. Reynolds Equestrian Monument on Chambersburg Road is the only Gettysburg equestrian monument north of town. The monument is slightly east of a seasonal visitor center on Stone Avenue at Chambersburg Road. (There is a nice restroom here.)

For each map provided on this page, hover over any pin with your mouse, or tap the pin on a mobile device, to read what the pin marks. The abbreviations are derived from the monument names shown in the table above.

Gettysburg South of Town

Photos

Can you identify each of the following monuments? To check your answer, hover over the image with your mouse or press and hold the image on your mobile device.