Battery A, Maryland Light Artillery
(Front):Maryland's Tribute
to her loyal sons
Rigby's Maryland Battery A
(Right):Losses in action
Killed 5 - Wounded 18 - Missing 3.
Total 26.
Strength at Gettysburg
Officers 4 - Enlisted men 102.
(Left):Organized at Baltimore, Md.
October 1861
Consolidated with Battery B,
Maryland Light Artillery
March 11, 1865.
(Back):Principal Engagements
Seven Days & Battles before
Richmond Va. 1862
Cramptons Cap, Md. Sep. 14, 1862
Antietam, Md. Sep. 17, 1862
Fredericksburg, Va. Dec. 13, 1862
2nd Fredericksburg, Md. 3-4, 1863
Gettysburg, Pa. July 2-3, 1863
Rigby's Battery A
1st Maryland Light Artillery
Capt. James H. Rigby
Occupied this position on the morning of
July 2, 1863 and remained in battery until
the termination of the battle engaging a
battery of the enemy on the 2nd and shooting the woods
in front for nearly three hours, assisting
in driving out the enemy.
Marker can be reached from Granite Schoolhouse Lane, on the right when traveling west.
Courtesy hmdb.org
