First New Jersey Cavalry
(Front or North Face):Maj. Myron H. Beaumont.
1st Brigade,
2d Cavalry Division
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July 3, 1863.
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Erected by the
State of New Jersey
1888
(Left or West Face):Organized in
September 1861,
and served
to the end of
the war.
Participated in
97 engagements
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Losses
Killed in action 79.
Died of wounds Etc.
170, Died, prisoners
of war, 34. Missing,
supposed dead, 12.
(Back or South Face):Officers killed
in battle
during the war
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Col. Hugh H. Janeway
Lt. Col. Virgil Broderick
Maj. John H. Shellmire
Maj. James H. Hart
Maj. John H. Lucas
Capt. Thomas R. Haines
Capt. Moses H. Malesbury
Lieut. Alexander Stewart
Lieut. Edward E. Jemison
Lieut. John W. Bellis
Lieut. Voorhees Dye
Lieut. Alanson Austin
(Right or East Face):Fought here
July 3, 1863
both mounted and
dismounted. Holding
this position
several hours
assisted in repelling
the charges of the
enemy's cavalry.
Marker is on Cavalry Field Road (Gregg Avenue), on the right when traveling west.
Courtesy hmdb.org
