The Irish Brigade
Second Brigade, First Division
(Front):Second Brigade
First Division
Second Corps
July 2, 1863. 6 p.m.
63. 69. 88.
New York Infantry
Irish Brigade
Casualties 63. 69. 88.
Killed 5. 5. 7.
Wounded 10. 14. 17.
Missing 8. 6. 4.
(Back):
The Brigade entered the battle under command of Colonel Patrick Kelly 530 strong, of which this contingent, comprising three battalions of two companies each, numbered 240 men. The original strength of these battalions was 3,000 men. The Brigade participated with great credit to itself and the race it represented, in every battle of the Army of the Potomac in which the Second Corps was engaged, from Fair Oaks, June 1, 1862, to Appomattox Court House, April 9, 1865.
(Right):14th New York Indpt. Battery.
in memory of Capt. James McK.Rorty and
four men who fell at the Bloody Angle July 3, 1863. The
Battery was mustered in December 9, 1861 as part of the
Irish Brigade it was detached therefrom and at
Gettysburg was consolidated with Battery B, 1st N.Y. Artillery
Marker is on Sickles Avenue, on the left when traveling west.
Courtesy hmdb.org
