On Parade Grounds Entrance Road 0.6 miles north of Portage Street (Route 436), on the left when traveling west.
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 . . . — — Map (db m75806) HM WM
On Parade Grounds Entrance Road 0.6 miles north of Portage Street (New York State Route 436).
This picnic area once served as the camp and parade grounds for two Civil War volunteer units. The 14-acre camp, hastily constructed in mid-August 1862, consisted of officer's headquarters, two mess halls, and ten quarters for soldiers. Colonel . . . — — Map (db m75832) HM