May 01, 2017

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This urn memorializing the sacrifice of the 1^ST Minnesota Infantry is apparently the first monument erected to a particular regiment at Gettysburg, and dates from 1867. It can be found in the Soldiers’ National Cemetery. The long, flat cement line behind it is actually a row of graves. A portion of the New York State Memorial is visible in the right background. I can imagine how lovely this monument would be with flowers growing inside the urn, but unfortunately the shrubbery was dead when I last visited.

**HONORED TODAY**

PVT. PRESLEY G. HARDY

Died October 1863

Co. H, 38^TH Virginia Infantry

Pvt. Hardy enlisted in March 1862. His death date is given as both October 4^TH and October 14^TH at Staunton, Virginia. He had been wounded on the third day of battle. This soldier was laid to rest at Staunton’s Thornrose Cemetery. 

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