Union Monuments - New Jersey

1st New Jersey Cavalry Regiment

The monument to the First New Jersey Cavalry Regiment is east of Gettysburg on the East Cavalry Battlefield. (see map)

The regiment was commanded at the Battle of Gettysburg by Major Myron H. Beumont and brought 269 men to the field, losing nine wounded.

From the monument:

First
New Jersey
Cavalry
Maj. Myron H.
Beaumont
1st Brigade,
2d Cavalry Division
----
July 3, 1863
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Erected by the
State of New Jersey
1888.

From the right side:

Fought here
July 3, 1863
both mounted and
dismounted. Holding
this position
several hours.
Assisted in repelling
the charges of the
enemy's cavalry.

From the left side:

Organized in
September 1861,
and served
to the end of
the war.
Participated in
97 engagements.
----
Losses
Killed in action 79
Died of wounds, etc.
170; Prisoners
of war, 34, Missing,
supposed dead, 12.

From the rear:

Officers killed
in battle
during the war
----
Col. Hugh H. Janeway
Lt. Col. Virgil Broderick
Maj. John H. Shellmire
Maj. James H. Hart
Maj. John H. Lucas
Capt. Thomas R. Haines
Capt. Moses H. Malesbury
Lieut. Alexander Stewart
Lieut Edward E. Jemison
Lieut. John W. Bellis
Lieut Voorhees Dye
Lieut. Alanson Austin

See more about the First New Jersey Cavalry Regiment during the Civil War