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1st Artillery Regiment (Light)
Battery D
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 D 1st NY Artillery in the Civil War
In the Wheatfield, looking north. The J. Welkart House is in the background.

INSCRIPTIONS
Front: BATTERY D 1ST N. Y. LIGHT ARTILLERY ARTILLERY BRIG. THIRD CORPS.
Reverse: THIS BATTERY (WlNSLOW's) HELD THIS POSITION DURING THE AFTERNOON OF JULY 2, 1863 CASUALTIES 10 WOUNDED; 8 MISSING. MUSTERED IN SEPT. 6, 1861 ENGAGED IN 32 BATTLES MUSTERED OUT JUNE 16, 1865.

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Last modified: March 14, 2006
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