Battery E, 5th Massachusetts Light Artillery

First Brigade - Artillery Reserve

Army of the Potomac

First Brigade Artillery Reserve

Massachusetts Light Artillery

5th Battery E

Six 3 inch Rifles

Captain Charles A. Phillips Commanding

July 2 Withdrew at 5 p.m. from the field near the Peach Orchard and went into Battery here.

July 3 ...

Battery B, First Pennsylvania Light Artillery

Volunteer Artillery Brigade - First Corps

Army of the Potomac

First Corps

Volunteer Artillery Brigade

First Penna. Light Artillery

Battery B

Four 3 inch Rifles

Captain James H. Cooper commanding

July 3 Moved to this position from East Cemetery Hill at 3 p.m. during a heavy cannonade and ...

Battery A, 1st New Jersey Artillery

(Front):Battery A, 1. N.J. Art.

From its position in

reserves s.w. of Powers'

Hill Galloped into action

at 3 p.m. July 3, 1863.

Fired 120 rounds shrapnel

at Pickett's column and

80 shell at a battery

in left front

Erected by the

State of New Jersey 1888

Hexamer's New Jersey

Battery

commanded ...

Battery C, Fourth U.S. Artillery

First Regular Brigade - Artillery Reserve

Army of the Potomac

Artillery Reserve

First Regular Brigade

Battery C Fourth U.S. Artillery

Six 12 pounders

Lieut. Evan Thomas commanding

July 2 Arrived and took position on crest of hill near General Meade's Headquarters on the left of the Second ...

Ninth Michigan Battery

(Battery I, 1st Michigan Artillery)

(Front):Ninth Mich. Bat'y. I. First Art'y.

1st Brig.

Horse Artil'y.

Cavalry Corps

(Back):Mustered in at Detroit, Mich.

Aug. 29, 1862.

Mustered out at Detroit, Mich

July 14, 1865.

This monument marks the position

held by ...

McCants' Florida Battery.

Maj. Melancthon Smith's Artillery Battalion.

McCants' Florida Battery.

1 10-pdr. parrott, 3 6-pdr. S.B.

Maj. Melancthon Smith's Artillery Battalion.

Cheatham's Division, Hardee's Corps.

Nov. 25, 1863, 4 p.m.

Capt. Robert P. McCants, Commanding

1st Lieut. Thomas J. Perry.

1st Lieut. Andrew J. Neal

2nd Lieut. James C. Davis.

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On the ...

Scott's Tennessee Battery

Maj. Alfred R. Courtney's Artillery Battalion.

Scott's Tennessee Battery

2 6-pdr., 2 12-pdr. Howitzers.

Maj. Alfred R. Courtney's Artillery Battalion.

Hindman's Division, Hardee's Corps.

Nov. 25th, 1863, 4 p.m.

Lieut. John Doscher, Commanding.

2nd Lieut. A. T. Watson

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During the assault of the Army of the Cumberland on ...

Cushing's Union Battery

July 3, 1863 - Third Day

"No, I stay right here and fight it out, or die in the attempt."

Lt. Alonzo H. Cushing, U.S.A.

4th U.S. Artillery, Battery A

Battery A, 4th United States Artillery, commanded by Lt. Alonzo H. Cushing, held this ...

The Mortar Battery

Named Battery Meigs, these two pits contained eight large 12-inch mortars. Each huge mortar was capable of hurling a 700-pound projectile in a high arc. The simultaneous firing of all eight would insure a clustered group of shells falling on ...

The Water Battery

Strategically placed, this permanent section of the fort was the lowest level of the three tiers of guns. The Water Battery was designed to deliver "water-skipping" cannonade directed at the hulls of enemy ships.

The simple V-shaped design has undergone ...