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Mississippi Monument by Donald DeLue on West Confederate Ave
 
This is the third monument designed by Donald DeLue located at Gettysburg. DeLue is also credited with the monument to Confederate soldiers and sailors in 1964 and the Louisiana Monument in 1971. The Mississippi Monument is inscribed 1973 and depicts a Mississippi Soldier defending the flag using his rifle as a club by a fallen comrade. DeLue's style is characterized by exaggerated hands and feet with small-sized heads.

The monument is located on West Confederate Ave when Barksdale's Mississippi Brigade went into battle.

I obtained the following information about Mississippi units at Gettysburg from Coddington, Edwin B. The Gettysburg Campaign: A Study in Command. New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1968.

Infantry Regiments
13th Mississippi
17th Mississippi
18th Mississippi
21st Mississippi
2nd Mississippi
11th Mississippi
42nd Mississippi
12th Mississippi
16th Mississippi
19th Mississippi
48th Mississippi

Artillery Regiment
Madison (Mississippi) Artillery

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Little Round Top-Monument to 155th PA Vol. Infantry

The 155th PA Volunteer Infantry was a part of the Union Army of the Potomac's 5th Corps. This regiment is sometimes referred to as "Pearson's Zouaves". Prior to the Battle of Gettysburg the Fifth Corps was commanded by George Gordon Meade.

In the 817-page regimental history UNDER THE MALTESE CROSS published in 1910, on page 649 it states the life-sized figure is a model of Samuel W. Hill of Company "F" who is facing toward the Peach Orchard from Little Round Top. This monument was dedicated Sept 17, 1889 with private funds and funds from the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania. Pvt William W. Wood Co "B" 155th PA Vol Infantry served here.