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FIRST REGIMENT HEAVY ARTILLERY WAR MEMORIAL

FIRST REGIMENT HEAVY ARTILLERY WAR MEMORIAL
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Location: COURTHOUSE ROAD

City: SPOTSYLVANIA

State: Virginia

Zip Code: 22553

Type of Memorial: Cemetery Stones

Year Dedicated: 1901

Access: Public

Wars Commemorated: CIVIL WAR

Photograph By: CRAIG SWAIN

Submitted By: COURTESY OF HMdb.org

IN COMMEMORATION OF THE DEEDS OF THE FIRST REGIMENT HEAVY ARTILLERY MASSACHUSETTS VOLUNTEERS (ARMED AS INFANTRY)THREE HUNDRED AND NINETY EIGHT OF WHOSE MEMBERS FELL WITHING AN HOUR AROUND THIS SPOT DURING AN ACTION FOUGHT MAY 19, 1864 BETWEEN A DIVISION OF THE UNION ARMY COMMANDED BY GENERAL TYLER AND A CORPS OF THE CONFEDERATE FORCES UNDER GENERAL EWELL.
ERECTED BY THE SURVIVORS OF THE REGIMENT 1901


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