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1st Artillery Regiment (Light)
Battery C
Civil War
Monument at Gettysburg

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.

Monument at Gettysburg for Battery B 1st NY Artillery in the Civil War
On west side of Sedgwick Avenue, north of Little Round Top.

INSCRIPTIONS
Front: BATTERY C (BARNES') 1ST NEW YORK LIGHT ARTILLERY. 5TH CORPS.
Reverse: ENGAGEMENTS ANTIETAM TO APPOMATTOX.
Right Side:HELD THIS POSITION FROM ABOUT 5.30 p. M. JULY 2, TO 4 A. M. JULY 3, 1863.
Left Side: ON THE MORNING OF JULY 3, TRANSFERRED TO THE LEFT FLANK OF BIG ROUND TOP.

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Last modified: March 14, 2006
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