First New York Dragoons - Letchworth State Park, New York - Obelisks on Waymarking.com

Here you will find an obelisk monument dedicated to the First New York Dragoons, Volunteers. 1862-1865.

South side ("front") of the monument states:

First New York Dragoons, Volunteers. 1862-1865.
Allegany, Livingston and Wyoming Counties
Erected in 1903 by the Survivors and friends of the regiment.

West side of the monument states:

Participated in 65 battles, engagements and skirmishes. Captured 1533 prisoners, 19 pieces of artillery and 4 battle flags as infrantry, in 7th Army Corps. as cavalry, with Sheridan.

North side of the monument states:

Organized July 25, 1862 as 30th Senatorial Dist. Regt. N.Y. Vols.
Mustered Sept. 2, 1862, as 130th New York Vol. Infantry.
Converted into Cavalry July 28, 1863. Designated August 11, 1863.
19th New York Cavalry.
Designation changed Sept. 10 1863 to First New York Dragoons.
Mustered out June 30, 1865.

East side of the monument states:
Enrolled membership 1414.
461 killed and wounded.
131 died of disease.
33 died in Confederate prisons.
130 killed or died of wounds sustained at Todd's Tavern, the heaviest loss of any cavalry regiment in any one action during the War.

Date Created/Placed: Dedicated in 1903 Height: 30 Illuminated: no Address: Not listed Website: Not listed

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Date Logged Log User Rating   07/14/2012 sagefemme visited it