Artillery Brigade

The Army of the Potomac's Third Corps Artillery Brigade included Captain George E. Randolph; Captain A. Judson Clark's 2nd New Jersey Battery with six 10-pounder Parrotts; Captain A. Judson Clark and Lieutenant Robert Sims with 1st New York Battery D and six 12-pounders; Captain George B. Winslow's 4th New York Battery with six 10-pounder Parrotts; Captain James E. Smith's 1st Rhode Island Battery E with six 12-pounders; and Lieutenant John K. Bucklyn and Lieutenant Benjamin Freeborn with 4th U.S. Battery K and six 12-pounders, with Lieutenant Francis W. Seeley and Lieutenant Robert James also named. On July 2, during the advance of the corps between 2 and 3 p.m., the 4th New York Battery was placed near Devil's Den, Battery D of the 1st New York in the Wheatfield, the 9th and 5th Massachusetts Batteries, with E of the 10th New York attached, from the Artillery Reserve on Wheatfield Road, the 2nd New Jersey Battery near Peach Orchard, and Battery G of the 1st New York from the Artillery Reserve in the Peach Orchard. Along Emmitsburg Road were Batteries E of the 1st Rhode Island, K of the 4th U.S., and F and K of the 3d U.S. from the Artillery Reserve. The artillery at Peach Orchard was reinforced by Battery I of the 5th U.S., the 15th New York Battery, and Pennsylvania Batteries C and F from the Artillery Reserve. On July 3, it was not engaged except Battery K of the 4th U.S. early in the morning. Casualties were 8 men killed, 3 officers and 78 men wounded, and 17 men captured or missing, for a total of 106.

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