MAJ. GENL. JOHN SEDGWICK WAR MEMORIAL
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Listing Details
Type of Memorial: War Memorials
Year Dedicated: 1887
Access: Public
Wars Commemorated: CIVIL WAR
Photograph By: KEVIN W.
Submitted By: COURTESY OF HMdb.org
ERECTED TO COMMEMORATE THIS SPOT WHERE MAJ. GENL. JOHN SEDGWICK U.S. VOLS. COMMANDING SIXTH ARMY CORPS WAS KILLED IN ACTION ON THE MORNING OF THE 9TH OF MAY 1864. A TRIBUTE TO A BELOVED COMMANDER BY THE SURVIVORS OF HIS CORPS AND THEIR FRIENDS DEDICATED MAY 12TH, 1887, THE 23RD ANNIVERSARY OF THE HEAVIEST DAYS OF FIGHTING AT SPOTSYLVANIA.
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