15TH REGIMENT NEW JERSEY VOLUNTEER INFANTRY WAR MEMORIAL
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Listing Details
Type of Memorial: Statues War or Military Related
Year Dedicated: 1908
Access: Public
Wars Commemorated: CIVIL WAR
Photograph By: KEVIN W.
Submitted By: COURTESY OF HMdb.org
TO COMMEMORATE THE SERVICES OF THE 15TH REGIMENT NEW JERSEY VOLUNTEER INFANTRY, COMMANDED BY COLONEL WILLIAM H. PENROSE, U.S.A., ENGAGED TWO HOURS ON THIS LINE OF BATTLE ON THE FEDERAL SIDE MAY 3RD, 1863
LOSS: 41 KILLED, 109 WOUNDED, 4 MISSING.
THE SURVIVORS OF THE 15TH NEW JERSEY REGIMENT HONOR THE MEMORY OF THEIR COMRADES WHO BORE THEMSELVES BRAVELY IN THIS CONTEST, AND BEAR WITNESS TO THE VALOR OF THE MEN WHO OPPOSED THEM ON THIS FIELD.
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