Monument to N. Y. Troops
Empire State Will Honor Memory of Cavalrymen Who Were Civil War Victims.
Washington.— A bit of news gleaned in an interview was that on July 11 a monument provided by the state of New York to the Twenty-fifth New York Volunteer cavalry, which fought at Fort Stevens, will be dedicated at Battle cemetery—the little cemetery on the east side of Georgia avenue, a few hundred yards north of the site of Fort Stevens, and in which rest the bones of a majority of the Union soldiers who fell in this engagement.
The pedestal of the monument is of light-colored Barre granite, and the statue of marble, which surmounts it, is 5 1/2 feet tall. The combined height of pedestal and statue is 11 feet and 6 inches. The monument will be inscribed:
“Sacred to the Memory of Our Comrades Who Gave Their Lives in Defense of the National Capital , July 11, 1864.
“Erected by the State of New York in Honor of the Twenty-fifth New York Volunteer Cavalry.”
Volunteer Cavalry to Be Dedicated
at Battle Cemetery July 11.
Mr. Wolff told how the Twenty-fifth New York Volunteer cavalry came to be at Fort Stevens on that July day fifty years ago.
Monument to N. Y. Troops, The Herald-Advance, Milbank, S.D., May 29, 1914. (PDF)
This article appeared in various newspapers including:
Monument to N. Y. Troops, The Sauk Centre Herald, Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn., May 28, 1914.
Monument to N. Y. Troops, Dakota Farmers' Leader, Canton, S.D., May 29, 1914.
Monument to N. Y. Troops, The Sea Coast Echo, Bay Saint Louis, Miss., June 20, 1914.
Monument to N. Y. Troops, The Celina Democrat, Celina, Ohio, June 05, 1914.
Monument to N. Y. Troops, The Washburn Times, Washburn, Wis., June 11, 1914.
Monument to N. Y. Troops, Northern Wisconsin Advertiser, Wabeno, Wis., May 29, 1914.
Monument to N. Y. Troops, The Pickens Sentinel, Pickens, S.C., June 11, 1914.