Soldier's Memorial 81st New York Regiment Co. A

This is marked 1863 and belonged to Pvt. LaPoint of

this unit. He was wounded and lost a leg to amputation

at Cold Harbor in 1864. An artificial leg helped him live

close to normal and he lived until 1913.

 

I was in an antique shop that had one of these unit memorials

recently, except this one was dated 1882. Nor was it a famous unit. Mine however suffers from some wear.

Done