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15th Independent Battery
Civil War
Taken from Final Report on the Battlefield of Gettysburg (New York at Gettysburg)
by the New York Monuments Commission for the Battlefields of Gettysburg and
Chattanooga. Albany, NY: J.B. Lyon Company, 1902.
15th New York Independent Battery.
North side of road leading from the Peach Orchard to the Wheatfield and Little
Round Top. This battery was in position in the Peach Orchard on the second day,
where it assisted repelling Kershaw's first attack.
INSCRIPTIONS
Front - 15TH N. Y.
BATTERY
Reverse -
15TH
INDEPT. N. Y. LIGHT BATTERY
1ST BRIGADE
ARTILLERY RESERVE
CAPTAIN PATRICK HART
LIEUT. EDWARD M. KNOX
FORMERLY LIGHT BATTERY B,
IRISH BRIGADE,
JULY 2, 1863
KILLED 3, WOUNDED 13
TOTAL LOSS, 16.
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New York State Division of Military and Naval Affairs: Military
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Last modified:
March 14, 2006
URL: http://www.dmna.state.ny.us/historic/reghist/civil/artillery/15thIndBat/15thIndBatMonument.htm
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