15TH REGIMENT NEW JERSEY VOLUNTEER INFANTRY WAR MEMORIAL

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TO COMMEMORATE THE SERVICES OF THE 15TH REGIMENT NEW JERSEY VOLUNTEER INFANTRY, COMMANDED BY COLONEL WILLIAM H. PENROSE, U.S.A., ENGAGED TWO HOURS ON THIS LINE OF BATTLE ON THE FEDERAL SIDE MAY 3RD, 1863 LOSS: 41 KILLED, 109 WOUNDED, 4 MISSING. THE SURVIVORS OF THE 15TH NEW JERSEY REGIMENT HONOR THE MEMORY OF THEIR COMRADES WHO BORE THEMSELVES BRAVELY IN THIS CONTEST, AND BEAR WITNESS TO THE VALOR OF THE MEN WHO OPPOSED THEM ON THIS FIELD.

Location

Address: PLANK ROAD AND HEATHERSTONE DRIVE
City: FREDERICKSBURG
State:
Zip Code: 22407

Details

Memorial Type: Statues War or Military Related
Access: Public
Wars Commemorated: CIVIL WAR
Year Dedicated: 1908
Photograph By: KEVIN W.
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