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1st Artillery Regiment (Light)
Battery M
Civil War
Monument at Gettysburg
Taken from Final Report on the Battlefield of Gettysburg (New
York at Gettysburg) by the New York Monuments Commission for the Battlefields
of Gettysburg and Chattanooga. Albany, NY: J.B. Lyon Company, 1902.
On the westerly slope of Powers' Hill, about 250 yards from the Baltimore Pike.
INSCRIPTION
Front: BATTERY M, 1ST N. Y. LIGHT ARTILLERY, 1ST DIVISION,
12TH CORPS HELD THIS POSITION JULY 20-30, 1863.
Reverse: WINCHESTER, CEDAR MOUNTAIN, BEVERLY FORD, ANTIETAM,
CHANCELLORSVILLE, GETTYSBURG, RESACA, NEW HOPE CHURCH, DALLAS, KOLB'S FARM,
PEACH TREE CREEK, ATLANTA, AVERASBOROUGH, BENTONVILLE
Right Side: ORGANIZED: LOCKPORT, N. Y. MUSTERED IN OCT. 14,
1861
Left Side: RE-ENLISTED: DEC. 10, 1863 MUSTERED OUT JUNE 24,
1865
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Last modified:
March 14, 2006
URL: http://www.dmna.state.ny.us/historic/reghist/civil/artillery/1stArtLt/1stArtLtBatMMonument.htm
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