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

Garden's Battery - Henry's Battalion

Hood's Division - Longstreet's Corps

— Army of Northern Virginia —

 
 
Garden's Battery Tablet image. Click for full size.
Photographed By Craig Swain, November 11, 2008
1. Garden's Battery Tablet
Inscription.
Army of Northern Virginia
Longstreet's Corps Hood's Division
Henry's Battalion Garden's Battery
The Palmetto Light Artillery

Two Napoleons, Two 10 pounder Parrotts

July 2 In reserve near here but not engaged.

July 3 In position here and actively engaged in firing upon the Union lines within range. About 5 p.m. aided in repelling cavalry under Brig. Gen. Farnsworth which had charged into the valley between this point and Round Top.

July 4 Occupied position near by and west of this until 6 p.m. Then withdrew from the field.

Losses not reported in detail.
 
Erected 1910 by Gettysburg National Military Park Commission.
 
Topics. This historical marker is listed in this topic list: War, US Civil. A significant day of the year for for this entry is July 2.
 
Location. 39° 47.201′ N, 77° 15.241′ W. Marker is near Round Top, Pennsylvania, in Adams County. It is in Cumberland Township. Marker is on South Confederate Avenue, on the left when traveling south. Located in the Warfield Ridge section of Gettysburg National Military Park. Touch for map. Marker is in this post office area: Gettysburg PA 17325, United States of America. Touch for directions.
 
Other nearby markers. At least 8 other markers are within walking distance of this marker. Law's Brigade (a few steps from this marker); Alabamians! (within shouting distance of this marker); Fourth Alabama Infantry - Law's Brigade
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(within shouting distance of this marker); Henry's Battalion (about 400 feet away, measured in a direct line); Reilly's Battery - Henry's Battalion (about 500 feet away); Longstreet Attacks (about 600 feet away); Benning's Brigade (about 600 feet away); Soldiers and Sailors of the Confederacy (about 600 feet away). Touch for a list and map of all markers in Round Top.
 
Additional commentary.
1. Garden's Battery Position
In direct contrast to the text on the tablet, several sources indicate the battery was not posted on Warfield Ridge on July 3. Bradley M. Gottfried, in The Artillery of Gettysburg, indicates that both Garden's and Latham's Batteries were detached from Henry's Battalion and posted to the vicinity of the Peach Orchard. There the batteries engaged Federal guns on both Little Round Top and the south end of Cemetery Ridge.
    — Submitted January 20, 2009, by Craig Swain of Leesburg, Virginia.
 
Garden's Battery Tablet image. Click for full size.
Photographed By Craig Swain, November 11, 2008
2. Garden's Battery Tablet
 
 
Credits. This page was last revised on February 7, 2023. It was originally submitted on January 20, 2009, by Craig Swain of Leesburg, Virginia. This page has been viewed 960 times since then and 17 times this year. Photos:   1, 2. submitted on January 20, 2009, by Craig Swain of Leesburg, Virginia.

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