Alternate Designations: First Cattaraugus Regiment
Commander: Col. Daniel G. Bingham (1827-1864), wounded on July 2; Maj. Leman W. Bradley (1820-1912).
Numbers: 221; 15 killed, 64 wounded, 19 missing.
Raised: Cattaraugus, Allegany, and Tompkins. The regiment was organized on November 13, 1861, in Elmira, and there mustered in the service of the United States for three years, in December, 1861. The 64th State Militia formed the nucleus of the regiment. It was mustered out at Washington, July 14, 1865.
Dedicated: July 2, 1890.
Location: Brooke Avenue. Marks position reached by the 64th New York Infantry in the early evening of July 2, 1863 when they joined their brigade in a counter attack on Confederate’s of McLaws’ Division.
Description: Hallowell granite shaft decorated with bronze state tondo and bronze II Corps trefoil. The monument stands on a tiered base. Monument is a rough hewn granite shaft with a cross gable cap set on a 8.2 foot square rough hewn triple base. Overall height is seventeen foot. The shaft has raised letter inscriptions and bronze Second Corps trefoils on the north and south sides. A bronze state seal is on the south side.
National Park Service List of Classified Monuments Number: MN142.
Sculptor: Archibald, W. B., sculptor.
There is additionally a marker to where Capt. Henry Fuller of the regiment was killed.
Of this regiment it was written, “the 64th was one of the finest fighting regiments in the war. It bore without flinching the severest trials and won fame and glory for itself and the state.”
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