Battery B, 4th U.S. Artillery

Early on September 17, 1862, Battery B, 4th U.S. Artillery, commanded by Capt. Joseph B. Campbell, advanced from its bivouac north of Jos. Poffenberger's through the North Woods to the ploughed field just south of them. One section under Lieut. James Stewart moved to a position east of D.R. Miller's house about 205 yards from this road and shelled the woods around and north of the Dunkard Church. Within minutes Stewart crossed the road and took position about 80 yards west of this point, engaging Confederate artillery and infantry. He was soon joined by the battery's other four guns on his left, including one on the road slightly in advance, firing effectively against Confederate infantry in the cornfield. The battery was then charged by J.B. Hood's Division, but the attack was repulsed by rapid fire of double charges of cannister with assistance from the infantry supports, the brigades of Gibbon and Patrick. During this fight Captain Campbell was wounded and command passed to Lieut. Stewart. After a close and severe engagement in which the battery lost 9 men killed, 31 wounded, and 26 horses killed, it retired to the field north of the Miller House, where it again went into action.

Shepherdstown, Maryland · United States