Image: Getysburg, Ames battery at Peach Orchard

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Description: The monument to Battery G, First New York Light Artillery is south of Gettysburg in the Peach Orchard. The monument was informally dedicated on the anniversary of the battle in 1893. According to Ames, “Thirteen of the survivors of the battery were present, and we dedicated the noble monument in silence and in tears. No one wanted to make a speech, an none was made. Our meeting was like the meeting of a family, and formalities seemed out of place. We dedicated the monument with our tears…”
Title: Getysburg, Ames battery at Peach Orchard
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List of monuments of the Gettysburg Battlefield

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