North Carolina Monument at Gettysburg

North Carolina Monument at Gettysburg

A picture of the monument for North Carolina troops that fought at Gettysburg.

Stokes, Chip

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2012-10-22

Rodgers, Keely

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The North Carolina Monument at Gettysburg. The statue represents a wounded officer pointing the way forward to the enemy while a veteran and younger comrade lead a color bearer in the charge. The statue was sculpted by Gutzon Borglum of Mt. Rushmore fame, using photographs of Confederate veterans as models. Orren Smith of North Carolina, the model for the color bearer, was the designer of the Confederate national flag. It was dedicated on July 3, 1929.