154th New York Volunteer Infantry Regiment

Kay Anderson of Portville, New York, great-grandniece of Private Edward C. Worden, Company B; and special thanks to Kay for her work as committee treasurer, recording and handling the many donations.

Jerome H. Davis of Corry, Pennsylvania, great-grandson of Captain Dana P. Horton, Company F.

Mark H. Dunkelman of Providence, Rhode Island, great-grandson of Corporal John Langhans, Company H and regimental historian.

Kenneth C. Heller of Bradford, Pennsylvania, great-grandnephew of Private Deforest Reed Company G.

Louis Koenig of Olean, New York, great-great-granddaughter of Private Barzilla Merrill of Company K, who was killed at Chancellorsville along with his son, Alva C. Merrill.

Phil Palen of Gowanda, New York, memeber of the Gowanda Historical Society.

Carolyn Stoltz of Tonawanda, New York, great-granddaughter of First Lieutenant Stephen Welch of Company C, who was captured at Chancellorsville and later was awarded the Medal of Honor for gallantry in action at the Battle of Dug Gap, Georgia.

Michael J. Winey of Mechanicsburg, Pennsylvania, regimantal historian and co-author with Mark Dunkelman of The Hardtack Regiment, the history of the 154th New York.

Thanks to the Commonwealth of Virginia Department of Transportation, David R. Gehr, Commissioner, for permission to locate the monument of their right of way.

Special thanks to CCharlie Kilpatrick, Assistant Resident Engineer in the Virginia Department of Transportation, Fredricksburg Office, for his assisstance during this project.

Thanks to Carl and Mary Grenn of Fredricksburg, owners of the former Dowdall's Tavern fields, for their cooperation throughout the project, and for graciuosly welcoming us to their property today for the ceremony.

Thanks to Carroll Memorials of Fredricksburg for producing a beautiful memorial to our ancestors. Special thanks to Tamara Getz of Carroll Memorials for her helpful cooperation and advice throughout the monument project.

Thank you to all the contributors to the 154th New Yor Monument Fund, both descendants and friends, for making it possible for us to realize our dream of commemorating our ancestors with this monument.

We cannot name each one of them now, but we acknowledge their generosity by listing them in a booklet publising these proceeding, also funded by their gifts.

But we want to make a special recognition of one descendant who sadly could not be with us today, the late Colonel C. Ross Wilson, of Eden, New York, who passed away on January 28, 1996. He was the great-grandson of Sergeant Jown W. Waters of Company K. Colonel Willson was the chief benefactor of the 154th New York Monument Fund, and we wish to pass along our deep appreciation of his widow, Mrs. Phyllis E. Willson; and to thank her and their friend, Lieutenant Colonel Kenneth G. Paris of Dunnsville, Virginia, for being with us today to represent Colonel Willson.

And now I would like to take a moment as I ask you to assist me and extend on behalf of all the descendants, now nearly five hundred registered from thirty-one states and two foreign countries, to the person who for more than a decade has been the driving force behind our reunions and special memorial projects, thank you to Mark Dunkelman.

Finally, thanks to everyone present today for joining us on this significant occassion to honor our ancestors.