1st Massachusetts (A) Artillery

1st Massachusetts (Battery A) Artillery has a simple monument in the National Cemetery that denotes it’s July 3d position. The Battery consisted of 6 Napoleons and 145 men who served as part of the Sixth Corps Artillery Brigade. They suffered no losses.

The unit mainly came from Suffolk County and mustered in at North Cambridge on August 28, 1861. It was commanded at Gettysburg by Capt. William H. McCartney (1834-1894), a Boston lawyer.

1st Massachusetts (A) Artillery

6th Corps Artillery Brigade

Engaged: 6 Napoleons and 145 men; no losses

Monument: National Cemetery

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