Custer Monument

About the Main Monument When was it dedicated? July 2, 2008 What is it made out of? Granite with bronze elements. Who made it? Erected by the by Grand Rapids and Holland/Zeeland Civil War Round Tables. What does it depict? Small granite monument features relief of General G.A. Custer, commander of the Michigan Cavalry Brigade. What does it honor? Denotes fighting that took place on the so-called “North Cavalry battlefield” near the town of Hunterstown, Pennsylvania, on July 2, 1863. How is it inscribed? Monument reads, Three-fourths of a mile south of this site on the Hunterstown Road, newly appointed Brigadier General George Armstrong Custer led the Michigan Cavalry Brigade (1st, 5th, 6th, and 7th Regiments) in his first charge against superior forces of Confederate cavalry under General Wade Hampton and Cobb’s Legion on July 2, 1863. During the attack, …