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8th Cavalry Regiment
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 - 8TH N. Y. CAVALRY 1ST BRIGADE 1ST DIVISION CAVALRY CORPS.
Reverse - CASUALTIES 3 KILLED 10 WOUNDED 21 MISSING PICKETS
OF THIS REGIMENT WERE ATTACKED ABOUT 5 A. M., JULY 1, 1863, BY THE ADVANCE SKIRMISHERS
OF HETH'S CONFEDERATE DIVISION; THE REGIMENT ENGAGED THE ENEMY WEST OF SEMINARY
RIDGE, WITH THE BRIGADE STUBBORNLY CONTESTING THE GROUND AGAINST GREAT ODDS
UNTIL ABOUT 10:30 A. M., WHEN IT WAS RELIEVED BY THE ADVANCE REGIMENTS OF THE
1ST CORPS.
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New York State Division of Military and Naval Affairs: Military
History
Last modified:
March 16, 2006
URL: http://www.dmna.state.ny.us/historic/reghist/civil/cavalry/8thCav/8thCavMonument.htm
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