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<p>May 17, 1929— To The Assistant Secretary of War.
1.	On December 20, 1926, the Secretary of War advised the Governor of North Carolina that he had made a tentative assignment of the site marked #1 on the inclosed map for the monument to be erected by the State of North Carolina in honor of the soldiers from that State who took part in the battle of Gettysburg. During the month of August, 1927, a commission from the State of North Carolina visited Gettysburg and indicated that they were not satisfied with the tentative site by selection of another site which is marked #2 on the inclosed map. A few days ago, another committee from the Gettysburg Memorial Commission of the State of North Carolina, accompanied by Mr. Gutson Borglum the Sculptor who designed the monument, visited Gettysburg and selected the site marked #3 on the inclosed map. While this site is not the place at which the majority of the troops of North Carolina took part in the battle it does represent the scene of action of some of the North Carolina troops. The design for the monument was submitted to this office by the Sculptor, Mr. Gutson Borglum, and has been approved. 
2.	Approval of the site marked #3 is recommended. 
B. F. Cheatham,
Major General,
The Quartermaster General.</p>
<ul><li>Keywords: Gettysburg; Gettysburg National Military Park; Photography; monuments; memorials; virtual experience; battlefield</li></ul>
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