Federal Artillery Position
August 29 & 30, 1862
Federal Artillery Position
A succession of Union artillery batteries
occupied this ridge throughout
August 29 and 30, 1862.
August 29
Company I, 1st Ohio Light Artillery
Capt. Hubert Dilger (9-11 a.m.)
2nd Battery, New York Light Artillery
Lt. Theodore Blume (11 a.m. - 1 p.m.)
Company E, 2nd U.S. Artillery
Lt. Samuel N. Benjamin (Noon - 3 p.m.)
1st Battery, New Hampshire Light Artillery
Capt. George A. Gerrish (7 p.m., one gun captured)
August 30
Company B, 1st Pennsylvania Light Artillery
Capt. James H. Cooper (10 a.m. - 1 p.m.)
Company D, 5th U.S. Artillery
Lt. Charles E. Hazlett (2:30 - 4 p.m.)
Marker is at the intersection of New York Avenue and Lee Highway (U.S. 29), on the right when traveling south on New York Avenue.
Courtesy hmdb.org
