Alternate Designations: Second Ira Harris Guard.
Commander: Maj. William E. Beardsley (1826-1884).
Numbers: 407; 1 killed, 3 wounded, 8 missing.
Raised: New York City; Columbia, Steuben, and St. Lawrence.
Installed 1889. Dedicated July 11, 1889.
Location: Center of Buford Avenue, on the east side. It indicates the position held by dismounted troopers of the unit on the morning of July 1, 1863 against the advance of Heth’s Confederate division.
Description: Castle-like monument of Quincy granite is comprised of smooth and rough-hewn surfaces and relief plaques on the front and back sides. Rounded pilasters adjoin the ends of the monument, and are capped by Grecian horse heads on the sides. The finial is shaped like a spire with turrets at each corner. Reliefs of the New York State Seal and the crossed-sword Cavalry insignia are affixed the the front of the monument, above and below the battle relief, respectively. The relief on the front depicts a battle scene. An officer on horseback urges his men on, holding the reins in his proper left hand and an upraised sword in his proper right hand. Other mounted figures include a bugler and a mortally wounded color bearer. The plaque on the reverse contains a waist-length relief of Major-General Thomas Devin. The figure stands cross-armed and wears a uniform, wide-brimmed hat and mustache. Flanking markers are one foot square.
National Park Service List of Classified Monuments Number: MN322.
Sculptor: James Edward Kelly; Frederick & Field (founder).
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