A three-piece white metal badge consisting of top bar with a spread-winged eagle clutching a US shield with a ribbon reading “New York” across the front of the bar. A middle bar reads “guest.” Suspended from that is the planchet showing the stature of Greene in the middle surrounded by a wreath. Bordering this is, “Dedication Bronze Statue of Gen. Greene,” “Gettysburg Sept. 27, 1907.”

George Sears Greene, 1801-1899, was a Rhode Islander by birth, but commanded a 12^th Corps brigade consisting of the 60^th, 78^th, 102^nd, 137^th and 157^th New York. On the night of July 2-3 he conducted a spirited defense of Culp’s Hill, reinforced by some other troops, but still outnumbered. His actions in saving the right of the Union line were, in fact, much more publicized and highly regarded during the period than the defense of the Union left at Little Round Top, which now dominates our appreciation of the battle. Greene went west with the 12^th Corps, was wounded at Wauhatchie, Tenn., but returned to command a provisional division under Sherman at war’s end. He was brevetted Major General of Volunteers March 13, 1865.  [SR]

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