Battery B, Fourth U.S. Artillery
Artillery Brigade - First Corps
Army of the Potomac
First Corps
Artillery Brigade
Battery B Forth U.S. Artillery
Six 12 pounders
Lieut. James Stewart commanding
July 1 In position about 200 yards south of the Seminary until 3 p.m. when ordered to the support of Brig. General J.C. Robinson's Division First Corps and took position on Seminary Ridge one half the Battery between the Chambersburg Pike and the railroad cut. The other half north of the cut in the corner of the woods was actively engaged. The Battery afterwards retired with the troops to Cemetery Hill where it went into position on the Baltimore Pike opposite the Evergreen Cemetery commanding the approach from the town two guns on the Pike and two in the field two guns having been disabled.
July 2 & 3 Remained in this position.
Casualties. Killed 2 men. Wounded 2 officers and 29 men. Missing 3 men.
Marker is on Baltimore Pike (State Highway 97), on the right when traveling north.
Courtesy hmdb.org
