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1st New Jersey Brigade Monument
Monument Text:
First New Jersey Brigade
1st, 2nd, 3rd, 4th Infantry and Hexamer's Battery
September 17, 1862
The Brigade arrived upon the field from Crampton's Pass about noon, and was formed for a charge upon the Confederate line just North of the Dunkard Church. The order for the charge was countermanded, and the brigade took position across this road, in support of the 6rh Corps Artillery, the right of the brigade in woods North of the road, the left in the open field South, where it remained, under artillery fire, until the morning of the 19th.