Artillery Brigade

The Army of the Potomac's Third Corps Artillery Brigade, under Capt. George E. Randolph and Capt. A. Judson Clark, included Battery B, 1st New Jersey; Battery D, 1st New York; the 4th New York Battery; Battery E, 1st Rhode Island; and Battery K, 4th United States. On July 2, as the 3d Corps advanced between 2 and 3 p.m., the 4th New York Battery was posted near Devil's Den, Battery D, 1st New York, in the Wheatfield, Battery B, 1st New Jersey, near the Peach Orchard north of Wheatfield Road, Battery G, 1st New York, from the Artillery Reserve on the Emmitsburg Road in the Peach Orchard, Battery E, 1st Rhode Island, on the same road near the right of First Division, and Battery K, 4th United States, near the left of Second Division. About 3.30 p.m., Lt.-Colonel F. McGilvery brought from the Artillery Reserve the 9th Massachusetts Battery, posted on the Wheatfield Road east of the Peach Orchard, the 5th Massachusetts Battery, with the 10th New York Battery attached, within 100 yards of the 9th Massachusetts Battery, and the 15th New York Battery to the east side of the Peach Orchard. Later during the battle, Pennsylvania Battery C and F took position at the salient in the Peach Orchard, Battery F and K, 3d United States, was posted near the Roger House, and Battery I, 5th United States, was brought from 5th Corps and relieved Battery G, 1st New York. Casualties were 8 men killed, 3 officers and 78 men wounded, and 17 men captured or missing, for a total of 106.

Pennsylvania · United States