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Second Volunteer Brigade

Adams County, Pennsylvania
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In the Army of the Potomac's Artillery Reserve, the Second Volunteer Brigade included the 1st Connecticut Heavy Battery B under Capt. Albert F. Brooker, which was not engaged; the 1st Connecticut Heavy Battery M under Capt. Franklin A. Pratt, which was not engaged; the 2d Connecticut Battery under Capt. John W. Sterling, which on July 2d reinforced the Third Corps line and late in the day retired and formed line under Lieut. Col. F. McGlivery on the left of the Second Corps; and the 5th New York Battery under Capt. Elijah D. Taft, which was engaged on Cemetery Hill on July 2d and 3d and suffered casualties of 1 man killed, 5 men wounded, and 2 men captured or missing, a total of 8.
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