Oneida New York Independent Company Cavalry

Alternate Designations: None.

Commander: Capt. Daniel P. Mann (ca. 1811-?)

Numbers: 49; no losses.

Raised: Maidson County.

Dedicated: 1904.

Location: Located on the west side of Taneytown Road on the north side of the Leister House along former Meade Avenue.  Monument marks the location where the unit served as bodyguard troop to General Meade’s headquarters during the battle.

Description: Rough-hewn square marker with apexed top stands on a low base. A recessed panel in the center has stylized ornamentation and is topped with a State Seal. Monument is a rough cut granite shaft with gable peak and set on a 7.7×3 foot rough cut stone base. The shaft front has an incised with excised Greek key motif and a center bronze tablet. A bronze medallion is located at the peak. Overall height is 13.9 feet. Among the last of the regimental monuments erected on the battlefield during the peak period of monumentation.

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