The free lance. (Fredericksburg, Va.) 1885-1926, 1909-05-04
THE MONUMENTS
To the Memory Of New Jersey
Volunteers.
10 BE UNVEILED MAY 12IH

The monument on Salem church battle
field. Ia the memory of the Fifteenth
Repimebt, New Jersey Volunteers, is
built OF New Hampshire granite The
pedestal consists of four granite blocks.
ten teei eqUare At thA base and ten ct
high. on which l. a circular column OF
polished stone tsn feet IN height, with a
granite crOwning Oi material three feet
high. upon " hich - the statue Of "A pri-
vat- scl iier. seven feet high, with musket
at arms rest position and with right
hand curved over both eyes, hs n sight
Ing Tor the enemy. The sntir- shalt l.
thirty feet high. The following inscrip-
TORS re ,rved upon the shat
"Gtb Army Cnps lS6l-1S65 To com
memo ate the services oi the Fifteenth
Regiment. New Jersey Volunteer Infan.
try, commanded hs Colonel William II
Penrosr, L \ ElgHg.d two hours ON
this lin" ui hattie nn the Federal eide,
May ) 1863 Loss IL killed. lO5 wound
ed 1 missing
Ga the west side II the following:
Erected by the State Of New Jersey
under authority al an act OF the IsglslA-
ture OF 1908 Introduced by Senator Jos
5. Freelingbuyseo. commissioner Ap-
pointed by Gov. John Franklin Fort
namely, Hon John +. Dryden, chairman;
Sergesut VIM. II II. WycioH, treasurer;
Private Stephen W. Gordon. secretary
Sergeant William II. Crawley, General
Joseph W. Plume, Private Albert W.
Whitehowie. Private II. nry N. Hoffman
and John s Gibson"
On the east side is this sentiment:
The survivors of the Fifteenth New
Jersey Regiment honor the memory oi
their comrades who bravely bore them
selves In this contest aud bear witness
To the valor and patriotism OF the men
who opposed them on this field"
Oa the rear side IL the following:
Dedicated To national unity and
perpetual peace"
The cost OF the monument is ssid to
have been $50 900.
The shalt to the memory Of the FIJI
teenth Regiment, New Jersey Volunteers.
who fell on the Bloody Angle" battle
Held In spotsyivanis county. on May u,
1864, consists OF carved granite
slab, nine feet high and four feet wide,
mounted on IA solid granite pedestal two
and a half feet high. On the slab IL the
pedestrian statue of a private soldier
| With musket at "arms rest position.
The front OF the monument has the FOL
lowing inscription:
IS61-1S65.
Fifteenth Regiment, New Jersey Volun.
teers
Erected by the State of New Jersey to
mark that portion of the Confederate
line held by the Fourteenth Georgia Reg.
iment and assaulted May II, 1864. by
the Fifteenth Regiment, New Jersey Vol.
unteer Infantry, commanded by Lieuten-
ant-Colonel Edward X. Campbell. Men
engaged. 423; loss, 116 Killed. l59
wounded, 33 missing.
On the opposite side is the following
Inscriptions:
Commissioners appointed by Governor
John Franklin Fort, viz, Hon. John r.
Dryden, chairman: Sergeant William Il.
II. Wyckoff. treasurer; Private Stephen
W. Gordon, secretary; Sergeant William
H. Crawley, General Joseph W. Plume
Private Albert W. Whiteland, Private
John s. Gibson and Privat, Henry w
Hoffman
The cost OF the shaft is $4,000.
Both OF these monuments will be un
veiled May 18th. The program for both
events will be found In this issue.