MICHIGAN CAVALRY BRIGADE WAR MEMORIAL
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Listing Details
Location: GETTYSBURG NATIONAL MILITARY PARK-CAVALRY FIELD ROAD
City: GETTYSBURG
State: Pennsylvania
Zip Code: 17325
Type of Memorial: Statues War or Military Related
Year Dedicated: 1889
Access: Public
Wars Commemorated: CIVIL WAR
Photograph By: CRAIG SWAIN
Submitted By: COURTESY OF HMdb.org
THIS MEMORIAL MARKS THE FIELD WHERE THE MICHIGAN CAVALRY BRIGADE UNDER ITS GALLANT LEADER GENERAL GEORGE A. CUSTER RENDERED SIGNAL AND DISTINGUISHED SERVICE IN ASSISTING TO DEFEAT THE FURTHER ADVANCE OF A NUMERICALLY SUPERIOR FORCE UNDER THE CONFEDERATE GENERAL J.E.B. STUART, WHO IN CONJUNCTION WITH PICKETT’S CHARGE UPON THE CENTER, ATTEMPTED TO TURN THE RIGHT FLANK OF THE UNION ARMY AT THAT CRITICAL HOUR OF CONFLICT UPON THE AFTERNOON OF JULY 3RD 1863.
TOTAL CASUALTIES AT GETTYSBURG-257
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