. History of the Third Pennsylvania Cavalry, Sixtieth Regiment Pennsylvania Volunteers, in the American Civil War, 1861-1865 [electronic resource] . nce east ofthe Cavalry Shaft. It occupies the position of the extreme rightflank of the whole field of the battle of Gettysburg—that of theThird Pennsylvania Cavalry. On September 5, 1890, a meeting of the Third PennsylvaniaCavalry Association was held upon the ground and the monu-ment unveiled and dedicated with appropriate services. The his-torical address upon the occasion was delivered by Private JohnC. Hunterson, of Company B. It is published
. History of the Third Pennsylvania Cavalry, Sixtieth Regiment Pennsylvania Volunteers, in the American Civil War, 1861-1865 [electronic resource] . nce east ofthe Cavalry Shaft. It occupies the position of the extreme rightflank of the whole field of the battle of Gettysburg—that of theThird Pennsylvania Cavalry. On September 5, 1890, a meeting of the Third PennsylvaniaCavalry Association was held upon the ground and the monu-ment unveiled and dedicated with appropriate services. The his-torical address upon the occasion was delivered by Private JohnC. Hunterson, of Company B. It is published in Volume II,page 796 (page 809 of the revised edition) of Pennsylvania atGettysburg, being the report of the ceremonies at the dedica-tion of the monuments erected by the Commonwealth of Penn-sylvania to mark the positions of the Pennsylvania commandsengaged in the battle. The monument, by Carl Buberl, is com-posed of two massive pieces of Maine granite, weighing togethertwelve tons. The base measures 7 feet 3 inches long, 4 feet wide,and 2 feet 3 inches high, and the upper stone 5 feet 9 inches long,2 feet 6 inches wide, and 6 feet RECORDS OF SERVICES. 561 IV Records of Services Of Officers of the Third Pennsylvania Cavalry Who also Servedin the United States (Regular) Army. (From Heitmans Historical Register and Dictionary of the United States Army.) William Woods Averell: Born in and appointed from New Military Academy July 1, 1851; Brevetted Second Lieutenant MountedRifles July r, 1855; Second Lieutenant May 1, 1856; First Lieutenant May14. 1861; Third Cavalry. August 3, 1861; Captain July 17, 1862; ColonelThird Pennsylvania Cavalry August 23, 1861; Brigadier-General VolunteersSeptember 26, 1862; Resigned from Volunteer Service May 18, 1865;Brevetted Major March 17, 1863, for gallant and meritorious services atthe battle of Kellys Ford, Va.; Lieutenant-Colonel November 6, 1863, forgallant and meritorious services in the action at Droop Mountain, Va.;Co
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