Alternate Designations: 162nd Pennsylvania Volunteers.
Commander: Col. Josiah H. Kellogg (1836-1919)
Numbers: 448; 4 missing.
Raised: Beaver, Susquehanna, Lancaster, Bradford, Lebanon, Cumberland, Franklin, Schuylkill, Luzerene, Wayne.
Dedicated: September 11, 1889.
Location: Located at the corner of Buford Avenue and Mummasburg Road. Marks position occupied from 5:00 a.m. July 1, 1863 until relieved by First Corps troops about 10:00 am.
Description: A high relief of cavalry vidette mounted and bronze coat of arms is on the west. Relief of a full-length, mounted Cavalryman against a rounded marker on a low self-base. The edges of the marker and top of the base are rough-hewn. The figure is in full uniform and holds his rifle in his proper right gloved hand. The Cavalry Corps crossed sword insignia is on the reverse (east) face. On the lower right corner in the front, there is a relief plaque of the Pennsylvania State Seal. This monument has been vandalized several times and been involved in accidents with vehicles. The trooper’s cap, spur, carbine barrel, and reins of the horse have all been broken and replaced with bronze items. The monument was originally all granite.
National Park Service List of Classified Monuments Number: MN322.
Sculptor: Smith Granite Company, fabricator.
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