Artillery Brigade

The Army of the Potomac's Second Corps Artillery Brigade, commanded by Capt. John G. Hazard, included 1st New York Battery B with four 10 pounders under Lieut. Albert S. Sheldon, Capt. James M. Rorty, and Lieut Robert E. Rodgers; 1st Rhode Island Battery A with six 3 inch rifles under Capt. William A. Arnold; 1st Rhode Island Battery B with four 12 pounders under Lieut. T. Frederick Brown and Lieut. Wm. S. Perrin; 1st U.S. Battery I with six 12 pounders under Lieut George A. Woodruff and Lieut. Tully McCrea; and 4th U.S. Battery A with six 3 inch rifles under Lieut. Alonzo H. Cushing and Sergt. Frederick Fuger. On July 1 the brigade marched from Uniontown, Md. at 2 p.m. and went into position at 11 p.m. on the Taneytown Road three miles from Gettysburg. On July 2 it moved with the corps at daylight and went into position on the corps battle line in the order from right to left already given, and the batteries were engaged toward night with some loss. On July 3 it engaged the Confederate artillery in front at 8 a.m. and along the whole line at 1 p.m., and assisted in repulsing Longstreet's assault in the afternoon. Its casualties were 3 officers and 24 men killed, 5 officers and 114 men wounded, and 3 men missing, for a total of 149.

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