17th Connecticut Volunteers
2nd Brigade, 1st Division
(Front):17th Conn. Vol's
(Left):17th Conn. Infantry
2nd. Brigade, 1st. Division
11th. Corps.
(Right):This memorial is erected
by the
State of Connecticut
to
honor her brave sons.
(Back):
After a fierce contest with Early's Division at Barlow's Knoll on July 1st, marked by monument there, this Regiment formed with the line of battle on East Cemetery Hill, and on the evening of July 2nd took position here and was engaged repulsing the desperate night assault of Haye's and Hokes' Brigades.
Marker is on Wainwright Avenue, on the left when traveling north.
Courtesy hmdb.org
