Cumberland Township near Gettysburg in Adams County, Pennsylvania — The American Northeast (Mid-Atlantic)

11th Independent (Havelock) Battery

New York Light Artillery

— 4th Volunteer Brigade, Artillery Reserve —

11th Independent (Havelock) Battery Monument image. Click for full size.

Photographed by Craig Swain, September 17, 2008

1. 11th Independent (Havelock) Battery Monument

Inscription. 11th Independent (Havelock)
Battery,
New York Light Artillery,
4th Volunteer Brigade,
Artillery Reserve,
July 3rd 1863.
Attached to Battery K,
1st New York Light Artillery.
Casualties
Woudned 5.
Organized at Albany, New York.
October 26th, 1861.
Mustered into
United States service.
January 6th 1862.
Participated in all battles
of the Army of the Potomac
from Second Bull Run to
Appomattox except Antietam
Mustered out June 13th 1865.

Erected 1893 by State of New York.

Topics. This memorial is listed in this topic list: War, US Civil. A significant historical date for this entry is July 3, 1863.

Location. 39° 48.823′ N, 77° 14.116′ W. Memorial is near Gettysburg, Pennsylvania, in Adams County. It is in Cumberland Township. It is on Hancock Avenue, on the right when traveling north. Located east of the Angle and High Water Mark area in Gettysburg National Military Park. Touch for map. Memorial is in this post office area: Gettysburg PA 17325, United States of America. Touch for directions.

Regionally, this memorial is in South-Central Pennsylvania. It is also in the American Northeast,

in the Mid-Atlantic,

in Appalachia,

and specifically in Northern Appalachia. Globally, it is in North America,

the Western Hemisphere,

the Western World,

and the Anglosphere.

Historically, it finds itself in what was once the Haudenosaunee (Iroquois) Confederacy

and also one of the original Thirteen Colonies.

Other nearby markers. At least 8 other markers are within walking distance of this marker: Battery K, 1st N.Y. Light Artillery (a few steps from this marker); 14th Connecticut Volunteer Infantry (a few steps from this marker); 1st Company Massachusetts Sharpshooters (a few steps from this

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marker); Fourth Volunteer Brigade (a few steps from this marker); Arnold's Battery (within shouting distance of this marker); 99th Regiment Pennsylvania Volunteers (within shouting distance of this marker); Twenty-Sixth North Carolina Regiment (within shouting distance of this marker); Second Brigade (within shouting distance of this marker). Touch for a list and map of all markers in Gettysburg.

Another marker is no longer nearby. Maj. Gen. George Gordon Meade (was within shouting distance of this marker but has been replaced with another marker now near it).

Also see . . . Havelock's Battery. Service history of the battery. (Submitted on December 31, 2008, by Craig Swain of Leesburg, Virginia.)

Two 3-inch Ordnance Rifles Flank the Monument image. Click for full size.

Photographed by Craig Swain, September 17, 2008

2. Two 3-inch Ordnance Rifles Flank the Monument

Elements of the 11th Independent Battery, attached to Battery K, 1st New York Light Artillery, deployed here about half way through the great cannonade of July 3rd.

Battery Position image. Click for full size.

Photographed by Craig Swain, December 27, 2008

3. Battery Position

On a foggy winter day looking at the two monuments for the combined battery.

Credits. This page was last revised on February 7, 2023. It was originally submitted on December 31, 2008, by Craig Swain of Leesburg, Virginia. This page has been viewed 1,718 times since then and 11 times this year. Photos: 1, 2, 3. submitted on December 31, 2008, by Craig Swain of Leesburg, Virginia.