Monument at Gettysburg

Taken from Final Report on the Battlefield of Gettysburg (New York at Gettysburg) by the New York Monuments Commission for the Battlefields of Gettysburg and Chattanooga. Albany, NY: J.B. Lyon Company, 1902. page 1123.

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INSCRIPTIONS 
Front - 5TH NEW YORK CAVALRY, ST BRIG. 3D DIV., CAVALRY CORPS.
Reverse - JULY 3, 1863, THIS REGIMENT UNDER COMMAND OF MAJ. JOHN HAMMOND HERE SUPPORTED BATTERY E, 4TH U. S. HORSE ARTILLERY, LIEUT. S. S. ELDER, LOSING 6 MEN. THIS REGIMENT, JUNE 30, 1863, MET AND REPULSED A PORTION OF LEE'S CAVALRY, UNDER THE PERSONAL COMMAND OF GEN. J. E. B. STUART, IN THE STREETS OF HANOVER, IN A HAND-TO-HAND FIGHT, CAPTURING LIEUT. COL. PAINE AND 75 MEN, WITH A LOSS OF 26 MEN KILLED AND WOUNDED. 
JULY 2, 1863 THIS REGIMENT ATTACKED GEN. STUART'S CAVALRY AT HUNTERSTOWN AND AFTERWARDS MADE A FLANK MOVEMENT TO THIS POSITION

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5th Regiment Cavalry New York Volunteers Standard

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