10th New York Infantry Regiment monument

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“The National Zouaves”

The monument to the 10th New York Infantry Regiment is at Stop 9 (see map) on the Manassas Battlefield Driving Tour.

The 10th New York Infantry is also honored by a monument at Gettysburg.

Monument to the 10th New York Volunteer Infantry Regiment on the Manassas Battlefield

Text from the monument

10th New York Vol. Infantry

From the tablet on the front of the monument:

Erected by the State of New York, to commemorate the patriotic services of the 10th Reg’t New York Volunteers

National Zouaves

Mustered into the U.S. Service April 27th 1861. Reorganized as a Battalion, April 27th 1863. Participated in 23 battles and campaigns, including the surrender of the Confederate Army at Appomattox, Va. April 9th, 1865. Here, August 30th 1862 the Regiment assisted in resisting the assault of a superior force of the enemy, losing nearly a third of its number, one officer and thirty men were killed or mortally wounded. “Braver men than those who fought and fell that day could not be found.”

Report of Col. G.K. Warren, Com’d Brigade

Closeup of the tablet to the Closeup of the top of the Monument to the 10th New York Volunteer Infantry Regiment on the Manassas Battlefield

Closeup of the top of the Monument to the 10th New York Volunteer Infantry Regiment on the Manassas Battlefield

See more on the history of the 10th New York Infantry Regiment during the Civil War