Union Monuments, Massachusetts

1st Massachusetts Cavalry Regiment

The First Massachusetts Cavalry monument is south of Gettysburg on Sedgwick Avenue. (see map)

From the monument:

First Mass. Cavalry
3d Brigade,
2nd Cavalry Division
on detached service

The regiment was commanded at Gettysburg by Lieutenant Colonel Greely S. Curtis. It brought 292 men to the field, and suffered no losses. The regiment was temporarily attached to the 6th Corps Headquarters.

See more about the 1st Massachusetts Cavalry Regiment during the Civil War

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