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Battle of Fredericksburg • Tour the Battlefield • Monuments & Markers • Armies

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The monument to Colonel Joseph A. Moesch of the 9th New York State Militia, also designated the 83rd New York Volunteer Infantry, is in the Fredericksburg Cemetery at Stop 1 of the Driving Tour.

Text from the front of the monument:

In memory
of

Col. Joseph A. Moesch

 

Killed at
the Wilderness
May 6, 1864
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Erected by
Surviving Comrades 

Text from the rear of the monument:

83rd N.Y. Vol’s
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Ninth Regiment
N.Y.S.M. — N.G.S.N.Y.

2nd Brig.
2nd Div. 5th Corps.

Location of the monument

The monument is in the National Cemetery about 520 feet from the Visitor Center. Follow the path from the Sunken Road entrance to the cemetery up the hill, bear left just past the flagpole, and the monument will be on the left just beyond the end of the brick pavement. (38°17’33.9″N 77°28’06.5″W)

See more on the history of the 9th New York State Militia, or 83rd New York Volunteer Infantry