Battery A, Fourth U.S. Artillery

Battery A, Fourth U.S. Artillery, part of the Army of the Potomac's Second Corps Artillery Brigade, was armed with six 3 inch rifles and commanded by Lieut. Alonzo H. Cushing and Sergt. Frederick Fuger. On July 2 it arrived, took position with the brigade of Brig. General A.S. Webb, Second Division, Second Corps, and took part in the artillery engagements during the day. On July 3 it helped repulse Longstreet's assault and lost all its officers killed or wounded; all the guns but one were lost, and all its horses but three were disabled. Lieut. Cushing was killed while firing the last shot from the only effective gun. After the repulse of Longstreet's assault, the battery was withdrawn. Its casualties were 1 officer and 5 men killed, and 1 officer and 31 men wounded.

Gettysburg, Pennsylvania · United States