Carpenter's Battery - Latimer's Battalion

In the Army of Northern Virginia's Ewell's Corps, Johnson's Division, Latimer's Battalion, Carpenter's Battery of the Allegheny Artillery, armed with two Napoleons and two 3 inch rifles, took a prominent part on July 2 in the cannonade against Union artillery on East Cemetery Hill and other points beginning about 4 p.m. and continuing more than two hours. Some Union guns on the left enfiladed the battalion, causing the battery to suffer severely, and after exhausting its ammunition it was ordered to withdraw. On July 3 it remained in reserve and was not engaged. On July 4 it withdrew from the field with the battalion. Its losses were 5 killed, 24 wounded, and 9 horses killed.

Pennsylvania · United States