New York Cavalry: 25th Regiment Monument & other Memorials & Markers in Battleground Cemetery near Fort Stevens in Washington, D.C. located in James M. Goode's Sixteenth Street area

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The New York Cavalry: 25th Regiment Monument in Battleground Cemetery near Fort Stevens, Washington, D.C., honors the soldiers of the 25th New York Volunteer Cavalry who died defending the capital in July 1864. Dedicated in 1914, it features a life-size bronze cavalry officer statue atop a pedestal with inscriptions commemorating their sacrifice. The cemetery also contains memorials for other regiments involved in the Battle of Fort Stevens, collectively marking the site’s importance in Civil War history.