73rd New York Infantry
(Front):New York - Gettysburg
Second Fire Zouaves
Major Michael W. Burns commanding
Sickles' Excelsior Brigade
Colonel William R. Brewster
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Second Division
Brig. General A.A. Humphreys
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Third Corps
Major General D.E. Sickles
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Mustered in July 10 1861
Mustered out June 29 1865
(Right):The Fourth
Excelsior Regiment
was conducted to this position by
Major H.E. Tremain
of the Third Corps staff
about 5.30 p.m. on July 2 1863
its loss on this field was
killed 4 officers
and 47 enlisted men
wounded 11 officers
and 92 enlisted men
missing 8 aggregate 162
(Left):The Second
Fire Zouaves
served with
the Army of the Potomac
and participated in its campaigns
from Yorktown 1862
to Appomattox 1865
Total enrollment 1350
Total casualties 711
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Erected 1897
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Known also as
the Fourth Regiment of
Sickles Excelsior Brigade
(Back):Volunteer Fire Department
New York City
Organized 1658
Disbanded 1865
This monument was erected at the instance
of the volunteer fireman of the City of New York
represented by the figure on the left
in grateful recognition of the services rendered
by the Second Fire Zouaves on this field
in defense of the Union July 2 1863
Board of Trustees
Under Chapter 397 Laws of New York 1897
Robert B. Nooney - George W. Anderson - Richard Cullen
Mathew Stewart - Peter J. Hickey - Michael F. Wynn
Thomas Fair - John Sidell - Francis McCarthy
Marker is on Sickles Avenue 0.1 miles north of Wheatfield Road, on the right when traveling south.
Courtesy hmdb.org
