Batteries E & G First U.S. Artillery

In the Army of the Potomac's Cavalry Corps, Batteries E and G of the First U.S. Artillery, with four 12-pounders under Captain Alanson M. Randol, were with the First Brigade, Second Cavalry Division, on July 1 and 2 and were not engaged. On July 3, one section under Lieutenant James Chester was ordered to the Second Brigade, Third Cavalry Division, took position west of the Low Dutch Road, and with Brigadier General Custer's Second Brigade, Third Division, Cavalry Corps, was hotly engaged in repelling the attack of Major General Stuart's Confederate Cavalry Division. The other section under Lieutenant Ernest L. Kinney remained near the Hanover Road.

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