Dedicated: 1891.
Location: Leister Farm near the Taneytown Road. Moved from the Leister farm front yard in 1961 to just north of the Leister house.
Description: Six-sided shaft with apexed top holds two plaques fashioned as scrolls and a relief of crossed cavalry sabers. It indicates the approximate position occupied by Companies E & I, 6th Pennsylvania Cavalry who served as headquarters escort to General Meade. In the 1960s, it was moved about 30 yards north from the front yard of the Leister Farm house to its current position at the rear of the house. Monument is a six-sided, smooth faced granite shaft with two bronze inscription scrolls and crossed cavalry sabers attached and set on a six-sided 2×6 foot smooth faced base that has a carved quarter round molding. Overall height is 7.6 feet.
Other Monuments: Main Monument | Headquarters Monument | Position Stone
Army of the Potomac > Cavalry Corps > First Division > Reserve Brigade