MAJOR GENERAL JOHN SEDGWICK MEMORIAL
THIS MEMORIAL INCLUDING ORDNANCE USED IN THE MEXICAN AND CIVIL WARS AND GIVEN BY THE GOVERNMENT OF THE UNITED STATES IS IN HONOUR OF MAJOR GENERAL JOHN SEDGWICK, COMMANDER OF THE SIXTH CORPS, ARMY OF THE POTOMAC, WHO GAVE HIS LIFE FOR THE PRESERVATION OF THE UNION. A SKILLED SOLDIER, A BRAVE LEADER, A BELOVED COMMANDER AND A LOYAL GENTLEMAN. THE FITTEST PLACE WHERE MAN CAN DIE IS WHERE MAN DIES FOR MAN.
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Listing Details
- Public
- CIVIL WAR
- War Memorials
- CORNWALL HOLLOW ROAD AND FORD HILL ROAD
- 06753
- BILL COUGHLIN
- COURTESY OF HMdb.org
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