A gravestone in the form of a massive, vertical stele with a semicircular finial, set on a two-tiered plinth. The sides and plinth are finished in a rusticated texture, with a distinctly rough stone surface. On the front face there is a rectangular, darker and smoother inscription panel.

In the upper part of the stele is a relief featuring military symbolism: crossed cavalry sabres and a broken laurel branch. The composition of the relief is compact and horizontal, subordinate to the stele’s semi-circular finial.

Joseph Karge / Józef Kargé, 1823–1892, a Polish émigré, a soldier in the Union Army during the American Civil War, and later a professor of languages and literature at Princeton. The Princeton Cemetery guide describes him as a Polish patriot, a Union Army general and a professor of languages and literature at Princeton University.

JOSEPH KARGE / BORN AT POSEN, PRUSSIA / JULY 4, 1823 / U.S. CITIZEN 1850 TEACHER 1851-1862 / LT. COL. 1ST N.J. CAV. COL. 2ND N.J. CAV. / 1863-1865 / BREVET BRIG. GEN. U.S. VOLS. 1865 / 1ST LIEUT 8TH U.S. CAV. 1867-1870 / PROFESSOR OF CONTINENTAL LANGUAGES/ AND LITERATURE / COLLEGE OF N.J. 1870-1892 / DIED DEC. 27, 1892 / A GALLANT SOLDIER / AN ACCOMPLISHED TEACHER, A TRUE FRIEND

Skrót College of N.J. oznacza College of New Jersey, czyli historyczną nazwę Princeton University obowiązującą do 1896 r.