National War Memorial Registry, War Memorial Catalog Of United States

THIS TABLET IS ERECTED BY THE PEOPLE OF THE COUNTY OF HERKIMER IN GRATEFUL REMEMBRANCES OF THE VALIANT AND DISTINGUISHED SERVICES OF THE THIRTY-FOURTH REGIMENT NEW YORK STATE VOLUNTEER INFANTRY IN THE WAR OF THE REBELLION. DISTINCTLY REPRESENTING THIS COUNTRY THESE HEROIC DEFENDERS OF THE UNION LIKE UNTO THEIR FOREFATHERS OF THE REVOLUTION PROMPTLY MANIFESTED THEIR PATRIOTIC ZEAL AND FREELY OFFERED THEIR LIVES FOR THE PERPETUATION OF THE FUNDAMENTAL PRINCIPLES OF THIS REPUBLIC.