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2nd Cavalry Regiment's
Monument at Gettysburg
Civil War
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.
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INSCRIPTIONS
Front - 2ND N. Y. CAVALRY 2ND BRIG. 2ND DIV. CAVALRY CORPS
Reverse - THIS REGIMENT WAS ENGAGED IN THE BATTLES AND SKIRMISHES
OF THE CAVALRY CORPS UNTIL THE BRIGADE REACHED HANOVER JUNCTION, JUNE 30, 1863
WHEN IT WAS MOVED HASTILY TO MANCHESTER TO GUARD TRAINS AGAINST RUMORED MOVEMENTS
OF THE ENEMY, AND PICKETED THE SURROUNDING COUNTRY. JULY 4, JOINED THE 3D DIVISION
IN PURSUIT OF THE ENEMY AND PARTICIPATED IN THE CAVALRY ENGAGEMENTS UNTIL THE
ENEMY RETREATED INTO VIRGINIA.
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New York State Division of Military and Naval Affairs: Military
History
Last modified:
March 15, 2006
URL: http://www.dmna.state.ny.us/historic/reghist/civil/infantry/2ndCav/2ndCavMonument.htm
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