Alternate Designations: None.
Commander: Col. Louis R. Francine (Mar. 26, 1837-July 16, 1863), mortally wounded; Maj. Frederick Cooper (ca. 1832-1874).
Numbers: 331; 15 killed, 86 wounded, 12 missing.
Raised: Essex, Morris, Passaic, Hudson, Sussex, and Warren.
Dedicated: June 30, 1888.
Location: East side of Sickles Avenue between Wheatfield Road and United States Avenue in Excelsior Field. The monument marks the site where Col. Louis R. Francine was mortally wounded on July 2, 1863, when the 7th New Jersey regiment was supporting Clark’s New Jersey Battery in Excelsior Field.
Description: Granite bullet-shaped monument set on rough-hewn base. Monument is a 9.11 foot-in-circumference smooth and polished granite shaft in the form of a minie ball set on a six foot square rough hewn base. It has incised inscriptions and laurel leaves. Overall height is 8.5 foot.
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