Cumberland Township near Gettysburg in Adams County, Pennsylvania — The American Northeast (Mid-Atlantic)
Battery H, 1st U.S. Artillery
First Regular Brigade - Artillery Reserve
— Army of the Potomac —
Artillery Reserve
First Regular Brigade
Battery H First U.S. Artillery
Six 12 pounders
Lieut. Chandler P. Eaken commanding
July 2 In position on Cemetery Hill facing the Emmitsburg Road. Engaged Juy 2d and 3d. Lieut Eakin was severely wounded after his guns went into battery and the commmand devolved on Lieut. Phillip D. Mason.
Casualties. Killed 1 man. Wounded 1 officer and 7 men. Missing 1 man.
Erected 1907 by Gettysburg National Military Park Commission.
Topics. This memorial is listed in this topic list: War, US Civil. A significant historical month for this entry is July 1664.
Location. 39° 49.162′ N, 77° 13.874′ W. Marker is near Gettysburg, Pennsylvania, in Adams County. It is in Cumberland Township. Memorial can be reached from Taneytown Road (State Highway 134), on the right when traveling north. Located in the Gettysburg National Cemetery, near the Soldiers Memorial. 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. Kentucky Memorial (within shouting distance of this marker); Soldier’s National Monument (within shouting distance of this marker); First Minnesota Volunteers (within shouting distance of this marker); Battery C, First West Virginia Artillery (within shouting distance of this marker); A Few Appropriate Remarks (about 300 feet away, measured in a direct line); Battery G, Fourth U.S. Artillery (about 300 feet away); Mary Virginia Wade (about 300 feet away); Bvt. Maj. Gen. Charles H.T. Collis Memorial (about 300 feet away). Touch for a list and map of all markers in Gettysburg.
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