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MAJOR GENERAL JOHN SEDGWICK MEMORIAL

MAJOR GENERAL JOHN SEDGWICK MEMORIAL
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Location: CORNWALL HOLLOW ROAD AND FORD HILL ROAD

City: CORNWALL

State: Connecticut

Zip Code: 6753

Type of Memorial: War Memorials

Access: Public

Wars Commemorated: CIVIL WAR

Photograph By: BILL COUGHLIN

Submitted By: COURTESY OF HMdb.org

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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