Portage in Livingston County, New York — The American Northeast (Mid-Atlantic)

First New York Dragoons / 136th New York Infantry

First New York Dragoons Marker image. Click for full size.

Photographed By Anton Schwarzmueller, July 24, 2014

1. First New York Dragoons Marker

This plaque faces the parade grounds.

Inscription. Click to hear the inscription.

First New York Dragoons

130th New York Volunteer Infantry
Organized on this field Aug. 11, 1862
Left this field September 2, 1862

Colonel Alfred Gibbs
Lieutenant Colonel TJ. Thorpe
Major Rufus Scott

Captured
Prisoners 1,533 • Pieces of artillery 19
Caissons 21 • Artillery horses 240
Army wagons and ambulances 40
Animals of draught 160 • Battle flags 4

With Sheridan in the Shenandoah Valley
Mustered out June 10, 1865
at Clouds Mills, VA.

136th New York Infantry

2nd Brig, 2nd Div. 11th Corps
Mustered on this field
September 26, 1862

Col. James Wood Jr.
Lieut. Col. Lester B Faulkner
Maj. David C. Hartshorn

Mustered out at
Washington, D.C.
June 13, 1865

Erected 1933 by State of New York.

Topics. This memorial is listed in this topic list: War, US Civil. A significant historical month for this entry is August 1862.

Location. 42° 35.072′ N, 78° 1.985′ W. Marker is in Portage

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, New York, in Livingston County. Memorial is on Parade Grounds Entrance Road, 0.6 miles north of Portage Street (Route 436), on the left when traveling west. Marker is located in Letchworth State Park at the parking lot for the parade grounds and picnic area, parade grounds entrance. Touch for map. Marker is in this post office area: Hunt NY 14846, United States of America. Touch for directions.

Other nearby markers. At least 8 other markers are within walking distance of this marker. Camp Portage (here, next to this marker); Parade Grounds picnic area (within shouting distance of this marker); Letchworth State Park's first major CCC project (about 500 feet away, measured in a direct line); Civil War Parade Ground (about 500 feet away); Glacial History (approx. 0.2 miles away); Pages of Geologic Time (approx. ¼ mile away); Hornby Lodge (approx. ¼ mile away); Seh-Ga-Hun-Da (approx. ¼ mile away). Touch for a list and map of all markers in Portage.

More about this marker. The marker plaques are affixed to opposite sides of an outstandingly large spherical stone.

Related marker. Click here for another marker that is related to this marker. Monument for the 136th at Gettysburg.

Also see . . . Letchworth State Park. New York State Office of Parks, Recreation and Historic Preservation website entry (Submitted on July 31, 2014, by Anton Schwarzmueller of Wilson, New York.)

136th New York Infantry Marker image. Click for full size.

Photographed By Anton Schwarzmueller, July 24, 2014

2. 136th New York Infantry Marker

This plaque faces the parking lot.

First New York Dragoons / 136th New York Infantry Marker image. Click for full size.

Photographed By Anton Schwarzmueller, July 24, 2014

3. First New York Dragoons / 136th New York Infantry Marker

Distant view after turning left from the entrance road in front of a cannon. The boulder holding both plaques is at left in this picture.

Photographed By Anton Schwarzmueller, July 24, 2014

4. First New York Dragoons / 136th New York Infantry Marker

First Dragoons plaque on boulder. Parking in background. Camp Portage marker in shade at right, facing parking.

Photographed By Anton Schwarzmueller, July 24, 2014

5. First New York Dragoons / 136th New York Infantry Marker

136th New York Infantry plaque on boulder. Parade grounds in background.

Photographed By Anton Schwarzmueller, July 24, 2014

6. First New York Dragoons / 136th New York Infantry Marker

Boulder showing 136th plaque and back of Camp Portage marker at corner of parking lot.

Credits. This page was last revised on December 29, 2021. It was originally submitted on July 31, 2014, by Anton Schwarzmueller of Wilson, New York. This page has been viewed 607 times since then and 25 times this year. Photos: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6. submitted on July 31, 2014, by Anton Schwarzmueller of Wilson, New York. • Bernard Fisher was the editor who published this page.