2nd United States Artillery Battery G

2nd United States Artillery Battery G was also known as Thompson’s Battery. It was part of the Sixth Corps Artillery Brigade. The unit was made up of 6 Napoleons and 113 men under the command of Lt. John H. Butler (1838-1910). Butler was a druggist in Hartford, Connecticut prior to the Civil War.

Enlisted from New York City and Suffolk County, Massachusetts, this unit was originally organized in 1821. At the start of the Civil War, it was stationed at Fort Mackinac in Michigan.

It suffered no loss at Gettysburg.

2nd United States Artillery Battery G

6th Corps Artillery Brigade

Engaged: 6 Napoleons and 113 men; no loss

Monument: Near the old Cyclorama building in Ziegler’s Grove

4th United States Artillery Battery A

4th United States Artillery Battery A was also known as Morgan’s Battery.  The unit dated back to 1821 and in 1861 was stationed at Fort Crittenden in the Utah Territory.  In October 1862, this unit received substantial reinforcements from the 4th Ohio, giving it a Buckeye flavor.

The battery consisted of 6 Ordnance Rifles and 129 men under the command of Lt. Alonzo H. Cushing (1841-1863), a 1861 graduate of West Point from Wisconsin.  When Cushing was killed on July 3 defending the Angle against Pickett’s Charge, Sgt. William F. Fuger (1836-1913), a native of Germany, took command.  Fuger was later awarded the Medal of Honor for Gettysburg.  The battery suffered 38 casualties at Gettysburg.  Their monument is located along Hancock Avenue at the Angle.

4th United States Artillery Battery A

2d Corps Artillery Brigade

Engaged:  6 Ordnance Rifles and 129 men; 6 killed, 32 wounded

Monument: Hancock Avenue

6th United States Infantry

The 6th United States Infantry’s monument is located with the rest of the U.S. Regular Infantry monuments along Ayres Avenue near the Wheatfield.   There were five companies at Gettysburg (D, F, G, H, and I).  The regiment was enlisted from New York City and Suffolk County Massachusetts.  It was originally organized in 1815; in 1861, headquarters for the 6th were at Benicia Banks, California.

The 236 men of the 6th at Gettysburg were commanded by Capt. Levi C. Bootes (1809-1896), a Mexican War veteran who rose from the rank of private to lieutenant colonel in 1874.

6th United States Infantry

5th Corps, 2nd Division, 1st Brigade

Engaged: 236; 4 killed, 40 wounded

Monument: Ayres Avenue

16th Michigan Infantry

The monument to the 16th Michigan is located on a ledge of Little Round Top known as “Vincent’s Spur,”  below the monument to the 44th New York.

The 16th was recruited from the counties of Ionia, Ontonagon, Saginaw, and Wayne.  It numbered just over 350 at Gettysburg.  It was commanded by Lt. Col. Norval E. Welch (1835-1864).  Welch was the secretary to Senator Lewis Cass and was acting governor briefly for the Nebraska Territory.  He was killed leading the 16th at Peebles Farm.

16th Michigan Infantry

5th Corps, 1st Division, 3rd Brigade

Engaged: 356; 23 killed, 34 wounded, 3 missing

Monument: Little Round Top

5th United States Artillery Battery C

5th United States Artillery Battery C was known as Hascall’s. The battery was raised from Northampton County in Pennsylvania in September 1861. The battery consisted of 6 Napoleons and 123 men under the command of Lt. Gulian V. Weir (1837-1886). Weir’s father was a professor drawing at West Point.

The battery monument is located along Hancock Avenue. This battery was part of the Artillery Reserve and it fought on July 2 and 3, suffering a total of 16 casualties during the battle.

A late “casualty” so to speak of the battle was Lt. Weir himself.  Three of his guns were captured as the battery was swept away from it’s advanced position in support of Humpherys’ Division.  Knocked somewhat senseless by a spent bullet, Weir was not with his cannons when they were recaptured.  He remained in the army after the War, rising to the rank of captain, but he never forgot the fact he lost his guns.  After a visit to Gettysburg 22 years after the battle, Weir wrote to Hancock stating his regret over the loss of the guns.  Still upset apparently over what had happened, on July 18, 1886 a tormented Weir put a rifle against his chest and put a bullet through his heart.

5th United States Artillery Battery C

Artillery Reserve, 1st Regular Brigade

Engaged: 6 Napoleons and 123 men; 2 killed, 14 wounded

Monument: Hancock Avenue

3rd United States Artillery, Batteries F&K

The 3rd United States Artillery, Batteries F&K (consolidated) were part of the artillery reserve of the Army of the Potomac.  Battery F was known as “Beckwith’s” while Battery K was known as “Livingston’s.”  The men were recruited from New York City.  Battery F was organized in 1821, Battery K in 1838.  Both batteries were at Fort Monroe in Virginia when the War began.  The consolidated unit was commanded by Lt. John G. Turnbull (1843-1898).  It consisted of 6 Napoleons and 145 men and suffered severe casualties during the battle.  Batteries F & K did their main fighting on the Emmitsburg Road line of the Third Corps on July 2.

Their are monuments on the Emmitsburg Road and near Meade’s headquarters to this unit (pictured is the monument on the Emmitsburg Road).

3rd United States Artillery, Batteries F&K

Artillery Reserve, 1st Regular Brigade

Engaged:  6 Napoleons and 145 men; 9 killed, 14 wounded, 1 missing

Monument: Emmitsburg Road and Meade’s HQ

4th United States Infantry

The 4th United States Infantry was represented by four companies (C, F, H, and K) at Gettysburg.  The regiment was recruited from New York City and Washington D.C. and was organized in 1815.  In 1861, it was headquartered at Fort Dalles on the Columbia River in Oregon.

The regiment was commanded at Gettysburg by Capt. Julius W. Adams, Jr. (1840-1865), an 1861 graduate of West Point.  Born in Massachusetts, he entered West Point from Lexington, Kentucky.  Adams died shortly after the end of the War.

The 4th U.S. monument is located along Ayres Avenue.

4th United States Infantry

5th Corps, 2nd Division, 1st Brigade

Engaged: 179; 10 killed, 30 wounded

Monument: Ayres Avenue

2nd United States Infantry

The 2nd United States Infantry was recruited at New York City, Suffolk County (Massachusetts), and from St. Louis, Missouri. Organized in 1815, the regimental headquarters in 1861 was at Fort Kearny in the Nebraska Territory. There were six companies at Gettysburg (B, C, F, H, I, and K). The first commander was Maj. Arthur T. Lee (1814-1879), who was wounded on the 2d. Command devolved upon Capt. Samuel A. McKee, Jr. (1841-1864). He was killed by guerrillas near Greenwich, Virginia on April 11, 1864. The monument is located along Ayres Avenue near the Wheatfield.

2nd United States Infantry

5th Corps, 2nd Division, 2nd Brigade

Engaged: 237; 6 killed, 55 wounded, 6 missing

Monument: Ayres Avenue

17th United States Infantry

The 17th United States Infantry’s monument is located near Ayres Avenue at Day’s Hill behind the Wheatfield.

The 17th was nicknamed the Maine Regulars. It consisted of 7 companies; the 1st Battalion contained companies A, C, D, G, and H; the second Battalion contained companies A and B. It was enlisted from the counties of Aroostook, Cumberland, and Penobscot in Maine, as well as from Erie County (New York) and Wayne County (Michigan). It was organized in Maine in 1861 at Fort Preble.

The 17th was commanded by Lt. Col. James D. Greene (1828-1902). Greene, an 1849 graduate of Harvard, invented a breech loading rifle.

17th United States Infantry

5th Corps, 2nd Division, 2nd Brigade

Engaged: 334; 25 killed, 118 wounded, 7 missing

Monument: Ayres Avenue

3rd U.S. Artillery Battery C

The 3rd United States Artillery Battery C monument is located on the Taneytown Road at Granite Schoolhouse Lane. This Battery was a member of the horse artillery. It was made up of six 3″ rifles under the command of Lt. William D. Fuller.

This unit was detached along with Huey’s Brigade in Maryland during the battle.

The monument states the following: “July 1. Proceeded under orders to Manchester Md. and picketed and held all roads until afternoon of July 3 when ordered to Emmitsburg and marched to Westminster.”

3rd U.S. Artillery Battery C

Cavalry Corps, Horse Artillery (with the 3d Division)

Engaged: 6 3″ rifles

Monument: Taneytown Road at Granite Schoolhouse Lane