1st New York Artillery Battery M

1st New York Artillery Battery M’s monument is located in the woods on Power’s Hill. This location is seldom frequented by visitors to the park.

Battery M was also known as Cothran’s.

It was raised in Niagara County and mustered in at Lockport on October 14, 1861. At Gettysburg, the battery was made up of 4 Parrotts and 96 men. It was part of the XII Corps Artillery Brigade and suffered no losses. Their commander was Lt. Charles E. Winegar (b.1832). Winegar was a paper manufacturer from Shelby.

1st New York Artillery Battery M

12th Corps Artillery Brigade

Engaged: 4 Parrotts and 96 men; no loss

Monument: Power’s Hill

Maryland Artillery Battery A

Maryland Artillery Battery A’s monument is located in the woods of Power’s Hill, just off of Granite Schoolhouse Lane. Battery A was part of the Artillery Reserve’s 4th Volunteer Brigade.

The unit was recruited in the City of Baltimore and mustered in during August 1861. The unit was formed as part of the Purnell Legion. At Gettysburg, the battery consisted of 6 Ordnance Rifles and 107 men under the command of Capt. James H. Rigby (1832-1889), a Baltimore carpenter. The battery suffered no losses.

Maryland Artillery Battery A

Artillery Reserve, 4th Volunteer Brigade

Engaged: 6 Ordnance Rifles and 107 men; no loss

Monument: Power’s Hill

Pennsylvania Artillery Battery E

Independent Pennsylvania Artillery, Battery E was known as Knap’s. It was part of the 12th Corps Artillery Brigade.

The battery was raised from Philadelphia, with a good smattering from Allegheny County. It was organized at Point of Rocks, Maryland in September 1861.

At Gettysburg, the unit was commanded by Lt. Charles A. Atwell (1840-1863), a clerk from Allegheny City.

Atwell was later mortally wounded in the fall of 1863 at the battle of Wauhatchie in Tennessee.

The battery consisted of 6 Parrott Rifles and 139 men.

The battery has tow monuments at Gettysburg. The first one pictured on this post is located at the summit of Culp’s Hill, near the observation tower. It marks the position of three of the guns on the afternoon of July 2. The battery engaged the Confederate guns on Benner’s Hill.

A second monument sits on Power’s Hill. This was the position of the battery on the evening of July 2d until the end of the battle. The Power’s Hill monument is the more unique and visually interesting of the two memorials on the Gettysburg battlefield; it is carved to look like a stone cannon.

Pennsylvania Artillery Battery E

12th Corps Artillery Brigade

Engaged: 6 Parrotts and 139 men; 3 wounded

Monument: Culp’s Hill summit and Power’s Hill

77th New York Infantry

The 77th New York Regiment was known as the Bemis Heights Regiment. It was recruited from the counties of Essex, Fulton, and Saratoga and was mustered in at Saratoga Springs in November 1861.

The 77th’s commander was Lt. Col. Winsor B. French (1832-1910), an attorney in Saratoga Springs. The regiment numbered 424 at Gettysburg and was held in reserve. It suffered no loss.

The regimental monument is located on Power’s Hill. It is visible from Granite Schoolhouse Lane.

77th New York Infantry

6th Corps, 2nd Division, 3rd Brigade

424; no loss

Monument: Power’s Hill

1st New Jersey Artillery Battery A

1st New Jersey Artillery, Battery A was part of the Artillery Reserve. Known as “Hexamer’s Battery,”it was recruited from Hudson County in August 1861. The battery consisted of 6 Parrott Rifles and 116 men.

It’s commander at Gettysburg was Lt. Augustin N. Parsons (1830-?), a carpenter.

The battery’s monument is located in front of the Pennsylvania Monument. This marks the unit’s position on July 3 (it was previously at Power’s Hill).

1st New Jersey Artillery Battery A

Artillery Reserve, 4th Volunteer Brigade

Lt. Augustin N. Parsons (1830-?)

Engaged: 6 Parrotts and 116 men; 2 killed, 7 wounded

Monument: Hancock Avenue, in front of the Pennsylvania Monument