Alternate Designations: None.
Commander: Lt. Col. Greely S. Curtis (1830-1897)
Numbers: 292
Raised: Suffolk, Hampden, and Essex. The 1st Massachusetts Cavalry was organized at Camp Brigham in Readville, Massachusetts beginning September 3, 1861.
Dedicated: October 8, 1885.
Location: East side of Sedgwick Avenue. Commemorates the 1st Cavalry’s service as headquarters guard for General Sedgwick, and furnishing men to assist the provost marshal guarding prisoners.
Description: Monument is a quarried granite monolith, 3.6×2.10 foot and eight foot high. Granite monument with carved relief of a horse’s head, the cavalry badge, and a horseshoe on the front. Beneath the relief on a polished panel is the incised inscription. The sides of the monument are rough hewn. A polished panel with incised inscription is beneath the relief.
National Park Service List of Classified Monuments Number: MN111.
Sculptor: Boston Marble & Granite Company, fabricator.
Army of the Potomac > Sixth Corps (attached to headquarters)