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Location: EAST MAIN STREET AND ELLICOTT STREET

City: BATAVIA

State: New York

Zip Code: 14020

Type of Memorial: Statues War or Military Related

Access: Public

Wars Commemorated: CIVIL WAR

Photograph By: ANTON SCHWARZMUELLER


MAJOR GENERAL EMORY UPTON WAS ONE OF THE MOST INFLUENTIAL MILITARY THINKERS TO EMERGE FROM THE CIVIL WAR. HE WAS BORN IN BATAVIA, NEW YORK IN 1839. HE BECAME ONE OF THE FEW OFFICERS TO EFFECTIVELY LEAD TROOPS OF ALL THREE BRANCHES OF THE ARMY: ARTILLERY, INFANTRY AND CAVALRY.
SEE ALSO-GENESEE COUNTY SOLDIERS SAILORS AND MARINES MEMORIAL


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