Battery B, First Pennsylvania Light Artillery

Battery B of the First Pennsylvania Light Artillery, part of the Army of the Potomac’s First Corps Volunteer Artillery Brigade and commanded by Captain James H. Cooper, brought four 3 inch rifles to this position from East Cemetery Hill at 3 p.m. on July 3 during a heavy cannonade and opened fire on a Confederate battery in front. Within half an hour, a line of Confederate infantry approached over the crest of the hill about 1000 yards away. In coordination with the batteries in line, the battery fired case shot until the Confederates came within canister range, and a few charges of canister forced them to retreat. Its casualties were 3 men killed and 1 officer and 8 men wounded, a total of 12.

Pennsylvania · United States