topped with a statue of Brown. The War Department would not allow Brown to be depicted carrying his axe, regarding that as a tribute to disobedience of orders. Instead, the statue depicts him with a sword at his side and an axe at his feet. One panel on the base of the monument is dedicated to Brown. It reads: "The statue represents Stephen F. Brown, Co. K, who arrived on the field without a sword, but seized a camp hatchet, and carried it in the battle until he captured a sword from a Confederate officer. Persevering and determining like him were all the men of this regiment of Green Mountain Boys." Brown presented to the Vermont Historical Society the sword he seized at Gettysburg. References External links Stephen F. Brown at Vermont in the Civil War Ralph Orson Sturtevant, Pictorial History Thirteenth Regiment Vermont Volunteers (1910) 1841 births 1903 deaths People from Swanton (town), Vermont Military personnel from Chicago Union Army officers People of Vermont in the American Civil War 2nd Vermont Brigade Albany Law School alumni Illinois lawyers Vermont lawyers Burials in Vermont American amputees