The Orange Artillery

With two ten pounder Parrotts and two three inch rifles, the Orange Artillery of Fry's Battery, Carter's Battalion, Rodes's Division, Ewell's Corps, Army of Northern Virginia, opened fire on July 1 soon after arriving here against Union troops near the Chambersburg Pike, whose artillery answered with heavy fire that caused some loss. Soon afterward, when Union forces extended their line northward to the Mummasburg Road, the battery's enfilading fire aided Confederate infantry in the severe conflict that ended with the withdrawal of the First Corps from Seminary Ridge. On July 2 it was in position but was not engaged. On July 3 all its guns were on Seminary Ridge near the Railroad cut and took part in the cannonade preceding Longstreet's assault. After nightfall on July 4, it began the march to Hagerstown. Its losses were not reported, and it expended 882 rounds of ammunition.

Pennsylvania · United States