RICKETTS’ BATTERY 1ST PENNSYLVANIA LIGHT ARTILLERY WAR MEMORIAL
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Listing Details
Location: GETTYSBURG NATIONAL MILITARY PARK-BALTIMORE PIKE
City: GETTYSBURG
State: Pennsylvania
Zip Code: 17325
Type of Memorial: Stone Carving Memorials
Year Dedicated: 1894
Access: Public
Wars Commemorated: CIVIL WAR
Photograph By: CRAIG SWAIN
Submitted By: COURTESY OF HMdb.org
PRESENT AT GETTYSBURG CONSOLIDATED BATTERY F & G 3 OFFICERS 141 MEN.
KILLED AND DIED OF WOUNDS 7 MEN
WOUNDED 1 OFFICER 13 MEN
CAPTURED OR MISSING 3 MEN
TOTAL LOSS-24
A REBEL COLUMN CHARGED THE BATTERY AND A DESPERATE HAND-TO-HAND CONFLICT ENSURED WHICH WAS REPULSED AFTER EVERY ROUND OF CANISTER HAD BEEN FIRED.
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