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TEXT ON TOP OF MEMORIAL "THE KISS OF THE SUN FOR PARDON, THE SONG OF THE BIRDS FOR MIRTH, ON IS NEARER GOD'S HEART IN A GARDEN, THAN ANYWHERE ELSE ON EARTH. GROW OLD ALONG WITH ME THE BEST IS YET TO BE.

"BUT THERE UPON THE SODDEN EARTH HE BIDES HIS LAST LONG SLEEP, TO SLEEP UN-NAMED, UNKNOWN, UNTIL GODS ANGEL ON THE WHIRLWIND RIDES TO CLAIM HIS OWN."

LATE IN THE AFTERNOON THE BRIGADE ADVANCED FROM THE FIELDS NORTH AND WEST OF BURKITTSVILLE, CHARGED UP THE MOUNTAIN, CARRIED THIS POINT AND FOLLOWED THE ENEMY TO THE WEST OF THE MOUNTAIN.LOSS IN THE BRIGADE 40 KILLED, 134 WOUNDED.

SPEED-HEED TO THE ARMY CORRESPONDENTS AND ARTIST 1861-65

ERECTED BY THE STATE OF NEW JERSEY TO COMMEMORATE THE HEROIC SERVICES OF THE 14TH REGIMENT NEW JERSEY VOLUNTEER INFANTRY, 1ST BRIGADE, 3RD DIVISION, 6TH CORPS, ARMY OF THE POTOMAC, AT THE BATTLE OF MONOCACY, MD JULY 9TH 1864.

THE BATTLE THAT SAVED WASHINGTON THE BATTLE, ALTHOUGH A TEMPORARY VICTORY FOR THE CONFEDERATES, DELAYED THEIR MARCH ON WASHINGTON ONE DAY, THEREBY ENABLING GENERAL GRANT TO SEND VETERAN REINFORCEMENTS FROM PETERSBURG, VIRGINIA TO THE DEFENSES OF WASHING ...

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MEMORIAL TO J. (JAMES) EDWARD HEFFNER MEMBER CO.D, 6TH MARYLAND INFANTRY ERECTED BY HIS WIFE-EMMA R. HEFFNER