First New York Battery

Artillery Brigade - Sixth Corps

(Front):Double Canister at ten yards

July 3rd 1863.

Cowans First New York Battery

Artillery Brigade - Sixth Corps.

(Back):Erected in memory of our comrades, July 3rd. 1887.

"The world can never forget what they did here."During the cannonade preceding Longstreet's assault, ...

Calvert's (Arkansas) Battery

Maj. T.R. Hotchkiss' Artillery Battalion.

Calvert's (Arkansas) Battery

2-6 pdr. guns -- 2-12 pdr. Howitzers.

Maj. T.R. Hotchkiss' Artillery Battalion.

Cleburne's Division

1st Lieut. Thomas J. Key, Commanding,

1st Lieut. R. Fitzpatrick,

1st Lieut. W. M. Hopwood,

2d Lieut. J. G. Marshall.

Nov. 25, 1863, Morning

The battery occupied a ...

Battery A, Fourth U.S. Artillery

Artillery Brigade - Second Corps

Army of the Potomac

Second Corps

Artillery Brigade

Battery A Fourth U.S. Artillery

Six 3 inch Rifles

Lieut. Alonzo H. Cushing and Sergt. Frederick Fuger

commanding

July 2 Arrived and took position with the brigade of Brig. General A.S. Webb Second Division Second ...

Parker's Battery

May 3, 1863

In this vicinity the men of Parker's

Confederate Battery (the "Boy Company")

under Lt. J. Thompson Brown fought

two guns, twice gallantly assisting in

repulsing the Union VI Corps before

being outflanked and overwhelmed.

Marker is at the intersection of Lafayette Boulevard (State Highway ...

Battery Dantzler

May 1864-April 1865

First named Ft. Howlett, the battery was renamed after Col. Olin M. Dantzler, who was killed on June 2, 1864, in an attempt to capture Ft. Dutton. Leading the 22nd South Carolina Inf. the attack failed. Battery Dantzler ...

The Barbette Battery

This battery was believed to be the “Barbette Battery” as its location commanded a large field of fire of the river, stretching North to South from the Chevaux-De-Frise to the Bluff Rock’s southern edge.

A Barbette Battery’s guns fired over a ...

Battery Dantzler

A half-mile northeast stands Battery Dantzler, named for Col. Olin Miller Dantzler, 22d South Carolina Infantry (killed in action nearby on 2 June 1864), and constructed in May-June 1864 to block the Union navy's approach to Richmond. The battery anchored ...

Mortar Battery

Mortar shells from this battery plummeted down in high soaring arcs upon the warships, tearing through the canvas sails and bursting upon the wooden deck.

This mortar battery, joined with heavy guns on both sides of the River, made running the ...

3rd New York Independent Battery

Artillery Brigade

(Front):3rd N.Y.

Independent Battery

Artillery Brigade

Sixth Corps

July 2 & 3, 1863

(Back):Forced march 36 miles, second position

No losses

Mustered in May 21, 1861, participating

in all the campaigns of the Army of

the Potomac to the end of the war

Marker is on Taneytown Road (State ...

Garrity's Alabama Battery

Maj. Alfred R. Courtney's Artillery Battalion.

Garrity's Alabama Battery.

Two 10-pdr. Parrotts: Two 12-pdr. Napoleons.

Maj. Alfred R. Courtney's Artillery Battalion.

Hindman's (Anderson's) Div., Hardee's Corps.

Nov. 25, 1863, 4 p.m.

Capt. James Garrity, Commanding.

1st Lieut. Philip Bond.

1st Lieut. Maynard A. Hassel.

2nd Lieut. Henry F. Carroll.

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