Cumberland Township near Round Top in Adams County, Pennsylvania — The American Northeast (Mid-Atlantic)

First Massachusetts Cavalry

3d Brigade

— 2nd Cavalry Division —

First Massachusetts Cavalry Monument image. Click for full size.

Photographed by Craig Swain, December 27, 2008

1. First Massachusetts Cavalry Monument

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

Erected 1885 by State of Massachusetts.

Topics. This memorial is listed in these topic lists: Animals • War, US Civil.

Location. 39° 47.764′ N, 77° 14.051′ W. Memorial is near Round Top, Pennsylvania, in Adams County. It is in Cumberland Township. It is on Sedgwick Avenue, on the right when traveling north. Located on the south part of Cemetery Ridge in Gettysburg National Military Park. Touch for map. Memorial is in this post office area: Gettysburg PA 17325, United States of America. Touch for directions.

Regionally, this memorial is in South-Central Pennsylvania. It is also in the American Northeast,

in the Mid-Atlantic,

in Appalachia,

and specifically in Northern Appalachia. Globally, it is in North America,

the Western Hemisphere,

the Western World,

and the Anglosphere.

Historically, it finds itself in what was once the Haudenosaunee (Iroquois) Confederacy

and also one of the original Thirteen Colonies.

Other nearby markers. At least 8 other markers are within walking distance of this marker: 7th Massachusetts Infantry (a few steps from this marker); Major General John Sedgwick (within shouting distance of this marker); 10th Massachusetts Infantry (within shouting distance of this marker); 93rd Regiment Pennsylvania Volunteers (within shouting distance of this marker); Second Brigade (within shouting distance of this marker); Battery C, 1st New York Light Artillery (within shouting distance of this marker); 2nd Rhode Island Volunteers (within shouting distance of

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this marker); 5th Maine Infantry (about 400 feet away, measured in a direct line). Touch for a list and map of all markers in Round Top.

First Massachusetts Cavalry Marker image. Click for full size.

Photographed by Bill Coughlin, November 5, 2010

2. First Massachusetts Cavalry Marker

An equestrian statue of Maj. Gen. John Sedgwick can be seen behind the marker.

First Massachusetts Cavalry Marker at sunset image. Click for full size.

Photographed by Henry T. McLin, May 4, 2014

3. First Massachusetts Cavalry Marker at sunset

Photographed by Craig Swain, December 27, 2008

4. First Massachusetts Cavalry Monument

Standing in front of the Sedgwick equestrian statue. The 1st Massachusetts Cavalry was attached to Sedgwick's headquarters at the time of the battle.

Monument to the First Massachusetts Cavalry on the site of Sedgwick's Headquarters image. Click for full size.

Photographed by Allen C. Browne

5. Monument to the First Massachusetts Cavalry on the site of Sedgwick's Headquarters

from Battles and Leaders of the Civil War, Robert Underwood Johnson & Clarence Clough Buel, Vol. 3, 1887.

Credits. This page was last revised on February 7, 2023. It was originally submitted on February 7, 2009, by Craig Swain of Leesburg, Virginia. This page has been viewed 1,291 times since then and 9 times this year. Photos: 1. submitted on February 7, 2009, by Craig Swain of Leesburg, Virginia. 2. submitted on November 13, 2010, by Bill Coughlin of Woodland Park, New Jersey. 3. submitted on May 5, 2014, by Henry T. McLin of Hanover, Pennsylvania. 4. submitted on February 7, 2009, by Craig Swain of Leesburg, Virginia. 5. submitted on December 31, 2018, by Allen C. Browne of Silver Spring, Maryland.