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Location: GETTYSBURG NATIONAL MILITARY PARK-HOWARD AVENUE

City: GETTYSBURG

State: Pennsylvania

Zip Code: 17325

Type of Memorial: Plaques On Stone

Year Dedicated: 1912

Access: Public

Wars Commemorated: CIVIL WAR

Photograph By: CRAIG SWAIN


JULY 1 ARRIVED WITH THE CORPS. ALL BATTERIES ENGAGED EXCEPT BATTERY I, 1ST NEW YORK ON EAST CEMETERY HILL. JULY 3 AT 1PM THE CONFEDERATE ARTILLERY OPENED A TERRIFIC FRONT AND ENFILADING FIRE FROM THE RIGHT FOLLOWED BY AND INFANTRY CHARGE AND ON WHICH THE ARTILLERY OF THE COMMAND WAS CONCENTRATED WITH GREAT EFFECT. THE BRIGADE LOST ONE GUN CAPTURED, ONE DISABLED AND TWO DISMOUNTED.
CASUALTIES AT GETTYSBURG
KILLED 1 OFFICER 8 MEN
WOUNDED 3 OFFICERS 50 MEN
CAPTURED OR MISSING 9 MEN
TOTAL LOSS-69
96 HORSES KILLED


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