FIRST REGIMENT HEAVY ARTILLERY WAR MEMORIAL
IN COMMEMORATION OF THE DEEDS OF THE FIRST REGIMENT HEAVY ARTILLERY MASSACHUSETTS VOLUNTEERS (ARMED AS INFANTRY)THREE HUNDRED AND NINETY EIGHT OF WHOSE MEMBERS FELL WITHING AN HOUR AROUND THIS SPOT DURING AN ACTION FOUGHT MAY 19, 1864 BETWEEN A DIVISION OF THE UNION ARMY COMMANDED BY GENERAL TYLER AND A CORPS OF THE CONFEDERATE FORCES UNDER GENERAL EWELL.
ERECTED BY THE SURVIVORS OF THE REGIMENT 1901
Location
Details
Memorial Type:
Cemetery Stones
Access:
Public
Wars Commemorated:
CIVIL WAR
Year Dedicated:
1901
Photograph By:
CRAIG SWAIN
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