Cumberland Township near Round Top in Adams County, Pennsylvania — The American Northeast (Mid-Atlantic)
Battery D, 1st New York Light Artillery
Artillery Brigade, Third Corps
Photographed by Craig Swain, November 11, 2008
1. Battery D, 1st New York Light Artillery Monument
Capped by a polished stone cannonball, the monument displays bronze depictions of gun tubes, a spoked wheel, pyramids of cannonballs, and artillery implements. A diamond symbol of the Third Corps appears in the upper front. The state seal of New York is in the lower center.
(Front):
1st N.Y.
Light Artillery,
Artillery Brig. Third Corps.
(Back):
held this position during
the afternoon of July 2d 1863.
Casualties:
10 wounded, 8 missing.
Mustered in Sept. 6, 1861.
Engaged in 32 battles,
Mustered out June 16, 1865.
Erected 1888 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 2, 1863.
Location. 39° 47.845′ N, 77° 14.569′ W. Memorial is near Round Top, Pennsylvania, in Adams County. It is in Cumberland Township. It is on Sickles Avenue, on the right when traveling north. Located in the middle of the Wheatfield at 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: 61st New York Infantry (about 300 feet away, measured in a direct line); Brevet Major General Samuel Zook (about 400 feet away); 27th Connecticut Infantry (about 400 feet away); 81st Pennsylvania Infantry (about 400 feet away); Whirlpool of Death (about 400 feet away); Third Brigade
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Another marker is no longer nearby. The Bloody Wheatfield (was about 400 feet away but has been replaced with another marker now near it).
Photographed by Craig Swain, November 11, 2008
2. Back of Monument
The diamond of the Third Corps is displayed above the text on the back.
Photographed by Craig Swain, November 11, 2008
3. Stonecutter's Mark
On the lower left rear of the monument "Frederick & Field, Quincy, Mass."
Photographed by Craig Swain, November 11, 2008
4. Battery D, 1st New York Light Artillery Position
Two 12-pounder Napoleons mark the location of Winslow's Battery in the Wheatfield.
Photographed by Craig Swain, November 11, 2008
5. Winslow's Battery Position
Looking from the battery's right flank marker stone across the battery position. The Battery of six guns was posted here until around 6:00 pm on the afternoon of July 2. Advancing Confederates in Anderson's Brigade hastened their withdrawal.
Photographed by Craig Swain, November 11, 2008
6. Gunner's View from The Position
Looking across the Wheatfield at the base of Stony Hill. The battery fired shells with 1 and at times even 1/2 second fuses while firing upon Confederates advancing in the Wheatfield.
Credits. This page was last revised on February 7, 2023. It was originally submitted on January 28, 2009, by Craig Swain of Leesburg, Virginia. This page has been viewed 1,548 times since then and 14 times this year. Photos: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6. submitted on January 28, 2009, by Craig Swain of Leesburg, Virginia.
