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MONUMENTS TO THE 124TH


Monument for the 124th
J.B. Lyon Print; F.J. Severence, Photo

Located on the hill north of the Devil's Den. This monument was erected by the Regimental Association and not by the State.


NEW YORK AT GETTYSBURG

(INSCRIPTIONS ON MONUMENT)


FRONT

124TH NEW YORK
INFANTRY
2ND BRIGADE, 1ST
DIVISION,
3RD CORPS.
JULY 2, 1863.


REVERSE

THE ORANGE BLOSSOMS
WENT INTO ACTION ON
THIS SPOT WITH
18 OFFICERS AND 220 MEN.
LOST IN KILLED AND WOUNDED
7 OFFICERS AND 85 MEN.
MUSTERED IN SEPT. 5,1862.
MUSTERED OUT JUNE 2, 1865.
TOTAL ENLISTMENTS 1320.
TOTAL LOSSES 516.


LEFT SIDE

KILLED

COL. A. VAN HORNE ELLIS
CAPT. ISAAC NICHOLS
SERGT. JOHN D. DRARE
SERGT. WILLIAM H. COX
CORPL. JACOB LENT,
PRIV. WILLIAM LAMOREAUX
BENJAMIN F. FLAGG
JAMES ROURKE
JAMES E. HOMAN
CHARLES EDWARDS
JAMES PARTINGTON
WILLIAM WHAN
WILLIAM MOORE
JOHN CARROLL
CORNEEIUS S. AELEN
GEORGE H. STEPHENS
AMBROSE S. HULBURT

OUR COMRADES THEY DIED
FOR THEIR COUNTRY
RIGHT SIDE

KILLED

MAJOR JAMES CROMWELL
LIEUT. MILNOR BROWN
CORPL. ORLANDO U. KNAPP
CORPL. ISAAC DECKER
PRIV. HARRISON STORMS
ROBERT J. HOLLAND
JOHN GLANZ
JAMES PEMBLETON
JAMES B. MOORE
HEZEKIAH HARRIS
JOHN SCOTT
AMZI W. QUICK
ISAAC G. GILESON
WILLIAM D. DAWKINS
WILLIAM CAMPBELL
THOMAS CORBETT
WALTER BARTON

ORANGE COUNTY'S TRIBUTE
TO HER BRAVE DEFENDERS

Monument for the Third Day at Gettysburg
Monument for the Third Day at Gettysburg
This monument is placed in the position of the 124th
during Picketts charge on July 3, 1863


The 124th at a reunion in Gettysburg 1897
The 124th at a reunion in Gettysburg 1897

 

 

The Standard Bearer Monument

Goshen, New York

This statue was erected by Medal of Honor winner Thomas W. Bradley, Capt. of Company B, 124th NYSV  to honor the memoryof the soldiers of the 124th New York State Volunteers. The Monument was dedicated by Col. Charles H. Weygant on Sept. 5, 1907.
The statue under went extensive restoration and was rededicated on Sept.7, 2007.

Members of the 124th parade to the "Standard Bearer"

 

 


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