Batteries F & K, Third U.S. Artillery

First Regular Brigade - Artillery Reserve

Army of the Potomac

Artillery Reserve

First Regular Brigade

Batteries F & K Third U.S. Artillery

Six 12 pounders

Lieut. John C. Turnbull Commanding

July 1 Took position on crest of hill near General ...

First Regiment Heavy Artillery

Massachusetts Volunteers

In commemoration of the deeds of the

First Regiment Heavy Artillery

Massachusetts Volunteers

(Armed as Infantry)

Three hundred and ninety eight of whose

members fell within an horn around

this spot during an action fought May 13, 1864

Between a division of the Union Army

commanded by ...

Battery K, Fourth U.S. Artillery

Artillery Brigade, Third Corps

Army of the Potomac

Third Corps

Artillery Brigade

Battery K Fourth U.S. Artillery

Six 12 pounders

Lieut. Francis W. Seeley Commanding

July 1 Arrived at night and encamped in a field south of the town between the Emmitsburg and Taneytown Roads.

July 2 Went ...

Battery D, Second U.S. Artillery

Artillery Brigade - Sixth Corps

Army of the Potomac

Sixth Corps

Artillery Brigade

Battery D Second U.S. Artillery

Four Light 12 Pounders

Lieut. Edward B. Williston commanding

July 2 Arrived with the Corps and took position and remained on Taneytown Road.

Not engaged.

Marker is on Taneytown Road (State ...

Battery I, First Regiment New York Light Artillery

2nd Division

(Front):Battery I, First Regiment N.Y. Light

Artillery

Capt. M. Wiedrich, Commanding

2nd. Division 11th. Corps,

July 1st. 2nd. & 3rd. 1863.

(Back):Casualties,

3 killed, 10 wounded.

Marker is on Baltimore Pike (State Highway 97), on the right when traveling north.

Courtesy hmdb.org

The Artillery Barracks

At the beginning of the 20th century, Vancouver was the headquarters for the Department of the Columbia, a vast administrative unit in the Northwest. The population of the post almost tripled in response to increased military activity both at home ...

Artillery Duel at Loomis Heights

Perryville

Before the Confederate infantry attacked, the Southern army tried to weaken the Federal position by bombarding the Union lines with artillery fire. At noon, Captain William Carnes’ Confederate artillery battery took up position on one of the far ridges east ...

Confederate Artillery

Artillery was an effective weapon, particularly when used in defensive combat. Nowhere was that demonstrated more clearly than here on Marye's Heights, where nine guns of the Washington Artillery shattered the ranks of the oncoming Union army. "The shells fell ...

Artillery Brigade

First Corps

Army of the Potomac

First Corps

Artillery Brigade

Col. Charles S. Wainwright

Maine 2d Battery B Six 3 inch Rifles

Capt. James A. Hall

Maine 5th Battery E Six 12 pounders

Captain Greenleaf T. Stevens, Lieut. Edward K. Whittier

1st New York Battery L Four 3 inch ...

Battery L, 1st New York Light Artillery

Erected 1891 by the State

of New York to commemorate

the detached men of Battery "E",

First N.Y. Lt. Artillery ser-

ving with "L" (Reynolds). - These

works were built and held by

Battery L, Lieutenant George

Beck commanding against as-

saults of infantry and artil-

lery during the ...