Draw the Sword

Location: Little Round Top

Order of Battle: 5th Corps Artillery Brigade

Number Engaged: 6 Napoleons and 121 men; 2 wounded

Commander: Capt. Frank C. Gibbs (1836-1888)

Raised: Scioto County

Monument Specifications: Civil War memorial comprised of a large granite block decorated with relief of crossed Napoleon tubes on front, and finial of cannon balls stacked in a pyramid.

Dedication Date: September 14, 1887.

Sculptor/Artist/Company: Ryegate Granite Company, fabricator.

Other Monuments and Memorials: None.

Supplemental Materials: After Action Report of Capt. Frank C. Gibbs (will open a pop up window).

Regimental History ~ Dyer’s Compendium of the War of the Rebellion:

Organized at Portsmouth, Ohio, and mustered in at Camp Dennison, Ohio, October 8, 1861, to January 20, 1862. Moved to Patterson’s Creek, Va., January 20-27, 1862. Attached to Landers’ Division, Army of the Potomac, to March, 1862. Artillery, Shields’ 2nd Division, Banks’ 5th Army Corps and Dept. of the Shenandoah to May, 1862. Artillery, Shields’ Division, Dept. of the Rappahannock, to June, 1862. Alexandria, Va., Military District of Washington, D.C., to September, 1862. Artillery, 3rd Division, 5th Army Corps, Army of the Potomac, to October, 1862. Artillery, 2nd Division, 5th Army Corps, to May, 1863. Artillery Brigade, 5th Army Corps, to April, 1864. Camp Barry, Defences of Washington, D.C.. 22nd Army Corps, to May, 1864. 2nd Brigade, Hardin’s Division, 22nd Army Corps, to July, 1864. Artillery, 1st Division, 19th Army Corps, Middle Military Division, to August, 1864. Reserve Division, Dept. of West Virginia, to September, 1864. Artillery Brigade, Dept. of West Virginia, to January, 1865. 1st Separate Brigade. 3rd Division, West Virginia, to April, 1865. Artillery, 2nd Division, Dept. of West Virginia, to July, 1865.

SERVICE.–Advance on Winchester, Va., March 7-15, 1862. Reconnoissance to Strasburg March 19-20. Battle of Winchester March 23. Occupation of Mt. Jackson April 17. March to Fredericksburg May 12-21, and return to Front Royal May 25-30. Moved to Alexandria June 29, and duty in the Defences of Washington until September. Movement to Falmouth, Va., October-November. Battle of Fredericksburg December 12-15. At Falmouth until April. 1863. Chancellorsville Campaign April 27-May 6. Battle of Chancellorsville May 1-5. Gettysburg (Pa.) Campaign June 11-July 24. Battle of Gettysburg July 1-3. Duty on line of the Rappahannock and Rapidan until October. Bristoe Campaign October 9-22. Advance to line of the Rappahannock November 7-8. Rappahannock Station November 7. Mine Run Campaign November 26-December 2. Duty at Camp Barry and at Forts Sumner and Kearney, Defences of Washington, until July, 1864. Repulse of Early’s attack on Washington July 11-12. Expedition to Snicker’s Gap July 14-23. Sheridan’s Shenandoah Valley Campaign. Berryville September 3. Battle of Opequan, Winchester, September 19. Fisher’s Hill September 22. Battle of Cedar Creek October 19. Duty at Winchester until December 28, and at New Creek until June 30, 1865. Ordered to Columbus, Ohio, June 30. Mustered out July 4, 1865. Battery lost during service 1 Officer and 7 Enlisted men killed and mortally wounded and 1 Officer and 15 Enlisted men by disease. Total 24.