5th New Hampshire Infantry
1st Brigade, 1st Division
(Text Displayed on Plaques, presented counterclockwise)
(First Plaque):Here July 2, 1863, from 5 p.m. till 7
the 5th N.H. Vols. stood and fought.
Total engaged 182.
Killed or mortally wounded 31.
Total killed and wounded 81.
(Second Plaque):
Killed or Mortally Wounded
2nd Lieut. Ruel G. Austin.
Sergeant Oscar D. Allen.
Sergeant Samuel Dolbear.
Sergeant Charles H. Phelps.
Sergeant William B. Welch.
Corporal Charles F. Burrell.
Corporal Edwin B. Gilley.
(Third Plaque):
Corporal George H. Hackett.
Corporal Warren M. Parker.
Corporal George W. Sylvester.
Corporal Edward G.F. Stinson.
Corporal Joseph Tricky.
Private Byron Bennett.
Private Horace Bolio.
Private Joseph Bond Jr.
(Fourth Plaque):
Private George H. Bucknam.
Private James Burns.
Private Joseph Craig.
Private Charles A. Damon.
Private Lucius Feeney.
Private Andrew J. Foss.
Private Samuel R. Green.
Private Charles Kimball.
(Fifth Plaque):
Private George W. Kimball.
Private Charles A. Lovejoy.
Private Nathan B. Osmer.
Private Eliph B. Stevens.
Private Roland Taylor.
Private Nathan B. Thompson.
Private Otis Thompson.
(Sixth Plaque):The State of New Hampshire
erected this monument
July 2nd 1886
to commemorate the valor of her sons
(Seventh Plaque):On this spot fell mortally wounded
Edward E. Cross, Col. 5th N.H. Vols.
Comdg. 1st. Brigade, 1st. Division, 2nd Corps.
July 2nd, 1863.
Marker is at the intersection of Ayres Avenue and Sickles Avenue, on the left when traveling west on Ayres Avenue.
Courtesy hmdb.org
