Image is mounted on yellow stock. One edge is marked “STEREO GEMS OF GETTYSBURG SCENERY” and the other states that the image is by W. H. Tipton.

The view shows the monument to the 108^TH New York Infantry which is located south of Gettysburg near Hancock Avenue in Zeigler’s Grove. It was erected by the State of New York on September 4, 1888.

The granite monument is 11′ 6″ tall and is in the shape of the trefoil that is the symbol of the Second Army Corps. It shows a soldier of the 108th lying prone in support of an artillery battery during the great barrage before Pickett’s Charge, when the 108th lost most of its 50% casualties. The 108th New York was commanded at the Battle of Gettysburg by Colonel Francis E. Pierce, and suffered 102 casualties out of the 200 men engaged.

The view is number 1016 and is captioned “108^th NEW YORK INFANTRY MONUMENT”.

The contrast of the image is tad light and the mount is clean.   [sm]

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