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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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2nd Cavalry - memorial at Gettysburg

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