Prospect Hill Cemetery is a cemetery in

Schuylerville, New York Schuylerville () is a village in Saratoga County, New York, United States. The village is located in the northeastern part of the Town of Saratoga, east of Saratoga Springs. The Village of Victory is adjacent to Schuylerville to the southwest ...

opened in 1865.

About

Founded in 1865, the cemetery is situated next to the towering Saratoga Monument. The cemetery abuts the Victory Woods trail.

Notable monuments

The cemetery includes the Solider Monument, a monument dedicated to Company K of the 77th Regiment of the

civil war A civil war or intrastate war is a war between organized groups within the same state (or country). The aim of one side may be to take control of the country or a region, to achieve independence for a region, or to change government policies ...

. The first ten men to join Company K received a bounty of ten dollars apiece. The company's chosen captain, John R. Rockwell, was the editor of the Saratoga American. This company consisted of three-fourths of the 340 soldiers who marched from Saratoga to fight for the Union.

References

{{Reflist Schuylerville, New York Cemeteries in Saratoga County, New York Cemeteries established in the 1860s 1865 establishments in New York (state)