Battery K, 1st N.Y. Light Artillery

(11th New York Ind. Battery Attached)

(Front):Battery K.

1st N.Y. Light Artillery.

(11th New York Ind. Battery Attached)

Artillery Reserve.

(Back):

Battery K, (Fitzhugh's), Held this position July 3rd 1863 and assisted in repulsing Pickett's Charge. Casualties, wounded 7.

Organized at Fort Plain, N.Y. Mustered in Oct. 10th, 1861. Principal engagements: Bolivar Heights, Beverly Ford, Rappahannock Station, Chancellorsville, Gettysburg, Mine Run. Mustered out June 20th, 1865.

Marker is on Hancock Avenue, on the right when traveling north.

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