73rd New York Infantry
Gettysburg, United States
<i>(Front):</i><center><b>New York - Gettysburg<br>Second Fire Zouaves</b><br>Major Michael W. Burns commanding<br><b>Sickles' Excelsior Brigade</b><br>Colonel William R. Brewster<br>——————<br><b>Second Division</b><br>Brig. General A.A. Humphreys<br>—————<br><b>Third Corps</b><br>Major General D.E. Sickles<br>—————<br>Mustered in July 10 1861<br>Mustered out June 29 1865</center><br><i>(Right):</i><center><b>The Fourth<br>Excelsior Regiment</b><br>was conducted to this position by<br>Major H.E. Tremain<br>of the Third Corps staff<br>about 5.30 p.m. on July 2 1863<br>its loss on this field was<br>killed 4 officers<br>and 47 enlisted men<br>wounded 11 officers<br>and 92 enlisted men<br>missing 8 aggregate 162</center><br><i>(Left):</i><center><b>The Second<br>Fire Zouaves</b><br>served with<br>the Army of the Potomac<br>and participated in its campaigns<br>from Yorktown 1862<br>to Appomattox 1865<br>Total enrollment 1350<br>Total casualties 711<br>————<br>Erected 1897<br>————<br>Known also as<br>the Fourth Regiment of<br>Sickles Excelsior Brigade</center><br><i>(Back):</i><center><b>Volunteer Fire Department<br>New York City</b><br>Organized 1658<br>Disbanded 1865<br>This monument was erected at the instance<br>of the volunteer fireman of the City of New York<br>represented by the figure on the left<br>in grateful recognition of the services rendered<br>by the Second Fire Zouaves on this field<br>in defense of the Union July 2 1863<br>Board of Trustees<br>Under Chapter 397 Laws of New York 1897<br>Robert B. Nooney - George W. Anderson - Richard Cullen<br>Mathew Stewart - Peter J. Hickey - Michael F. Wynn<br>Thomas Fair - John Sidell - Francis McCarthy</center>