1861 - 1865
(North face): Monument to commemorate the services of the Twenty-Third Regiment New Jersey Volunteers Infantry, in the battle of Salem Church, Virginia, May 3rd, 1863.
Erected by the State of New Jersey, under the authority of an act passed at the session of 1906. Introduced in the House of Assembly by Samuel K. Robbins, Speaker. Approved by Edward, C Stokes, Governor.
Commissioners: Genl. E. Burd Grubb; Capt. E. H. Kirkbride; O. M. S. Thomas J. Alcott.
Thomas Manson & Son, Builders, Red Bank, N.J.
(West face): To the memory of our heroic comrades, who gave their lives for their Country's unity, on this battlefield, this tablet is dedicated.
(South face): Our Colonel, E. Burd Grubb.
(East face): To the brave Alabama boys, our opponents on this field of battle, whose memory we honor, this tablet is dedicated.
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