13th Independent Battery - NY Light Artillery

Eleventh Corps Artillery Brigade Marker

This marker in the Gettysburg National Military Park commemorates the role of the Eleventh Corps Artillery in the three day battle.

ARMY OF THE POTOMAC
ELEVENTH CORPS
ARTILLERY BRIGADE
MAJOR THOMAS W. OSBORN

1ST NEW YORK BATTERY I - SIX 3 INCH RIFLES
CAPT. MICHAEL WIEDRICH
NEW YORK 13TH BATTERY - FOUR 3 INCH RIFLES
LIEUT. WILLIAM WHEELER
1ST OHIO BATTERY I - SIX 12 POUNDERS
CAPT. HUBERT DILGER
1ST OHIO BATTERY K - FOUR 12 POUNDERS
CAPT. LEWIS HECKMAN
4TH U.S. BATTERY C - SIX 12 POUNDERS
LIEUT. BAYARD WILKESON       LIEUT. EUGENE A. BANCROFT

JULY 1     ARRIVED WITH THE CORPS. ALL THE BATTERIES ENGAGED EXCEPT
BATTERY I 1ST NEW YORK ON EAST CEMETERY HILL. THE ARTILLERY RETIRED
AND TOOK POSITION ON CEMETERY HILL WEST OF THE BALTIMORE PIKE
EXCEPT BATTERY K 1ST OHIO SENT TO THE REAR DISABLED AND BATTERY I
1ST NEW YORK ON EAST CEMETERY HILL

JULY 2     THE BRIGADE WAS RE-INFORCED IN THE MORNING BY FIVE BATTERIES
FROM THE RESERVE ARTILLERY

JULY 3     AT 1 P.M. THE CONFEDERATE ARTILLERY OPENED A TERRIFIC FRONT
AND ENFILADING FIRE FROM THE RIGHT FOLLOWED BY AN INFANTRY CHARGE
AND ON WHICH THE ARTILLERY OF THIS COMMAND WAS CONCENTRATED
WITH GREAT EFFECT. THE BRIGADE LOST ONE GUN CAPTURED ONE DISABLED
AND TWO DISMOUNTED

CASUALTIES - KILLED 1 OFFICER 6 MEN - WOUNDED 3 OFFICERS 50 MEN
CAPTURED OR MISSING 9 MEN - TOTAL 69 - 98 HORSES KILLED