Sculpted by Gary Casteel

1863 Signed and Numbered Limited Edition Monument Replicas 
 
The monument is a large boulder known as a “Puddingstone,” native to Massachusetts and the official stone of the Commonwealth.  The boulder was brought for the monument’s dedication from Roxbury, where many of the men of the regiment had played on such boulders in their youth.
 
The 20th Massachusetts, also known as the Harvard Regiment, was commanded at the Battle of Gettysburg by Colonel Paul Joseph Revere, grandson of Paul Revere of Revolutionary War fame.  He was mortally wounded on July 2, 1863 and died on the 4th.  When Colonel Revere fell, Lieutenant Colonel George N. Macy took command until he was also wounded on July 3, losing his left hand.  Captain Henry L. Abbott then took over the regiment.
 
The monument is located on Hancock Avenue near the Copse of Trees and was dedicated on October 20, 1885.