Third Brigade
Second Division - Sixth Corps
Army of the Potomac
Sixth Corps Second Division
Third Brigade
Brig. Gen. Thomas H. Neill
7th Maine (6 cos.) 43d. 49th. 77th. New York
61st. Pennsylvania Infantry
July 2 Arrived after a march of 33 miles from Manchester Md. and about 6 p.m. was detached from the Corps and ordered by Major Gen. G.G. Meade to hold Powers's Hill. Later was ordered by Major Gen. H.W. Slocum to support the front line but at midnight was ordered to Powers's Hill.
July 3 The Brigade by order of Major Gen. Slocum crossed Rock Creek and took position on the extreme right of the Army making connection with the Cavalry pickets and encountered and checked the advancing Confederate sharpshooters and skirmishers and remained until the close of the battle.
Casualties. Killed 1 officer 1 man. Wounded 11 men. Captured or missing 2 men. Total 15.
Marker can be reached from Clapsdale Road, on the left when traveling west.
Courtesy hmdb.org
