Batteries F & K, Third U.S. Artillery

Batteries F and K of the Third U.S. Artillery, part of the Army of the Potomac's Artillery Reserve in the First Regular Brigade, fielded six 12-pounders under Lieut. John C. Turnbull. On July 1 they took position on the crest of a hill near General Meade's headquarters. On July 2 they moved to a position at the right of a log house on the Emmitsburg Road with Brig. General A.A. Humphreys's Division of the Third Corps, fought there, and were compelled to retire after losing 45 horses killed and 4 guns, which were afterward recaptured. On July 3 they went into position near the Taneytown Road on the left of Cemetery Hill. Their casualties were 1 officer and 8 men killed, 14 men wounded, and 1 man missing.

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