National War Memorial Registry, War Memorial Catalog Of United States

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.