Little Round Top, Gettysburg, PA Friday, February 10, 2012. Steve Russ photo
From the plaque on the front face of this stone below the statue:
“LED TO THIS SPOT BY HIS MILITARY SAGACITY ON JULY 2ND, 1863
GENERAL GOUVERNEUR KEMBLE WARREN, THEN CHIEF
ENGINEER OF THE ARMY OF THE POTOMAC, DETECTED GENERAL
HOOD’S FLANKING MOVEMENT, AND BY PROMPTLY ASSUMING THE
RESPONSIBILITY OF ORDERING TROOPS TO THIS PLACE, SAVED THE
KEY OF THE UNION POSITION.”
“MAJOR GENERAL WARREN NEEDS NO EULOGY. HIS NAME IS
ENSHRINED IN THE HEARTS OF HIS COUNTRYMEN.
THIS STATUE IS ERECTED UNDER THE AUSPICES OF THE VETERAN
ORGANIZATION OF HIS OLD REGIMENT, THE 5TH NEW YORK VOLS.
DURYEE ZOUAVES IN MEMORY OF THEIR BELOVED COMMANDER.”
“DEDICATED AUGUST 8TH, 1888” (on the sixth anniversary of his death at age 52).