AMERICAN CIVIL WAR 1861


	Spotsylvania - Monumente

15th New Jersey infantry
	INSCHRIFT VORN: 1861-1865 15th Reg’t N.J. Vol’s. Erected by the State of New Jersey to mark the portion of the Confederate line held by the 14th Georgia Regiment. and assaulted May 12, 1864, by the 15th Regiment New Jersey Volunteer Infantry, commanded by Lieutenant Colonel Edward L. Campbell Engaged, 429. Loss – 116 Killed; 153 Wounded; 38 Missing.	INSCHRIFT HINTEN: Commissioners appointed by Governor John Franklin Fort Hon. John F. Dryden Chm. – Sergeant William R. Gawley Gen. Joseph M. Plume – Private Albert W. Whitemead John S. Gibson – Private Henry S. Huffman Sergeant William M.H. Wychoft Tres. Private Stephen W. Gordon Sec. T. Manson & Son Builders – Red Bank N.J.	INSCHRIFT MARKER: This site Rededicated May 16, 1864 Civil War Centennial Commission State of New Jersey Richard J. Hughes Governor

17th Michigan volunteer Infantry
	INSCHRIFT VORN: 17th Michigan Volunteer Infantry Regiment 9th Corps - 3rd Division - 1st Brigade Michigan units on the field in the 9th Corps 17th Michigan Vol. Infantry 20th Michigan Vol. Infantry 8th Michigan Vol. Infantry 27th Michigan Vol. Infantry 2nd Michigan Vol. Infantry 1st Michigan Sharpshooters Losses for the 17th Michigan On May 12, 1864 26 killed 70 wounded 100 missing or captured	INSCHRIFT HINTEN: At 2 p.m., May 12th, two Ninth Corps brigades were ordered to attack the Confederate works one-quarter mile southeast of this spot. The 17th Michigan was on the extreme left of the Federal line. As the regiment approached its objective, Brig. Gen. James Lane’s North Carolina Brigade emerged from the thick woods and struck it on the left flank in the bloody hand-to-hand fighting that followed, the 17th Michigan lost its national colors and 189 of the 225 men it carried into battle. Three soldiers later received the Medal of Honor for their brave but unsuccessful efforts to save the colors.

Battlefield marker
	Battle of Spotsylvania May 12 – 18, 1864, between the armies of Lee and Grant is unmatched for its display of unyielding heroism and devotion to duty and principle. Here thousands of valorous men, fighting with bayonets and clubbed muskets, wrote their imperishable epitaph. Erected by the Fredericksburg and Spotsylvania Chapters, U.D.C 1927