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 1st N.Y. Independent Battery Memorial - Auburn, NY Posted by:  neoc1
N 42° 55.787 W 076° 33.934
18T E 372246 N 4754206
A monument in memory of the 1st N.Y. Independent Battery (Cowan's) is located in the park south of the City Hall building in Auburn, NY.
Waymark Code: WMT7V3
Location: New York, United States
Date Posted: 10/11/2016
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The 1st N.Y. Independent Battery was organized in Auburn, NY on November 23, 1861. In December of that year it was attached to W. F. Smith’s Division, Army of the Potomac. Under the leadership of Captain Andrew Cowan the Battery was involved in many of the major battles of the Civil War including Antietam and Gettysburg. The unit was mustered out on June 23, 1865.
On the 125th anniversary of the battle of Gettysburg a monument was dedicated on the City Hall Park. The granite monument has an incised image of a cannon with carriage and a pyramid of cannonballs. A bronze plaque opens with a poem by George F. Brockway recounting his battle experiences and hopes. It then follows with the dedication:
FRIENDS FELL AROUND ME LIKE DROPS OF RAIN
TWAS THERE MANY NOBLE ONES WERE SLAIN
THEIR MANGLED CORPSES STREWNED THE GRASS
WITH NONE TO CARE SINCE LIFE WAS PASSED.
EACH DAY THE DREADFUL TIDINGS COME
TO WEEPING FRIENDS WHO ARE AT HOME
OF FATHERS WOUNDED, BROTHERS SLAIN,
AND THEIR BODIES BLEACHING ON THE PLAIN.
OH WILL THIS WAS FOREVER CEASE
AND LEAVE US ONCE AGAIN AT PEACE
OR MUCH EACH DROP OF BLOOD BE SPILLED
AND EVERY HEART WITH GRIEF BE FILLED?
GEORGE F. BROCKWAY,
SADDLER, 1ST N.Y. IND. BATTERY
JULY 3, 1988 - 125TH ANNIVERSARY - GETTYSBURG, JULY 1,2,3, 1863
IN MEMORY OF
THE 1ST N.Y. INDEPENDENT BATTERY (COWAN'S), FOR THEIR
PATRIOTIC VALOR IN 36 CIVIL WAR BATTLES INCLUDING THE SIEGE
OF YORKTOWN, GETTYSBURG JULY 3 AND APPOMATTOX COURT HOUSE
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Type of memorial: Monument
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