Battery H, 1st U.S. Artillery
First Regular Brigade - Artillery Reserve
Army of the Potomac
Artillery Reserve
First Regular Brigade
Battery H First U.S. Artillery
Six 12 pounders
Lieut. Chandler P. Eaken commanding
July 2 In position on Cemetery Hill facing the Emmitsburg Road. Engaged Juy 2d and 3d. Lieut Eakin was severely wounded after his guns went into battery and the commmand devolved on Lieut. Phillip D. Mason.
Casualties. Killed 1 man. Wounded 1 officer and 7 men. Missing 1 man.
Marker can be reached from Taneytown Road (State Highway 134), on the right when traveling north.
Courtesy hmdb.org
