Dedicated: Oct. 15, 1884.
Location: East Cavalry Field. It stands at the location where the 1st Michigan of Custer’s brigade clashed with Stuart’s charging troopers.
Description: Four-sided obelisk stands on a square pedestal and tiered base. Midway up the shaft on each side of relief images of crossed cannons, flags of carbines. The obelisk is topped by a sphere. Brevet. Lt. Col. William Brooke-Rawle delivered the historical address at the dedication. The monument consists of light gray New Hampshire granite. Monument is a two-part granite shaft topped with a square capital and a sphere, and set on a 7.7 foot square, three-part rough cut base with a tooled edges. The lower part of the shaft is polished stone with an incised inscription on each side. The upper part of the shaft is pebble finish with a smooth banded center containing crossed flags. Overall height is29 feet. Cast iron fence panels set into wooden (originally marble) posts surround it.
National Park Service List of Classified Monuments Number: MN387.
Sculptor: Eisenbrown, designer.
