Battery G, Fourth U.S. Artillery

Battery G of the Fourth U.S. Artillery, part of the Army of the Potomac’s Eleventh Corps Artillery Brigade, fielded six 12-pounders under Lieut. Eugene A. Bancroft at Gettysburg. On July 1 it arrived about 11 a.m., advanced, and took position with two sections on Barlow’s Knoll and the left section detached near the Almshouse. It engaged Confederate infantry and artillery on both right and left. Lieut. Wilkeson fell early, mortally wounded, and command passed to Lieut. Bancroft. The sections were compelled to change positions several times, then retired about 4 p.m., with one section relieving a section of Battery I, 1st Ohio, on Baltimore Street in covering the retreat. About 5 p.m. it took position on Cemetery Hill. On July 2 it moved to the rear of the cemetery facing Baltimore Pike and was in action at the cemetery from 4.30 p.m. until 7 p.m. On July 3 about 2 p.m. two sections were engaged in the cemetery until the repulse of the Confederates. Its casualties were 1 officer and 1 man killed, 11 men wounded, and 4 men missing; it expended 1400 rounds of ammunition, and 31 horses were killed.

Gettysburg, Pennsylvania · United States