Mount Pleasant Township near Gettysburg in Adams County, Pennsylvania — The American Northeast (Mid-Atlantic)
Hampton's Brigade
Stuart's Cavalry Division
— Army of Northern Virginia —
Photographed By Craig Swain, April 12, 2008
1. Hampton's Brigade Tablet
Army of Northern Virginia
Stuart's Cavalry Division
Hampton's Brigade
1st. North Carolina
1st. and 2nd. South Carolina Cavalry
Jeff Davis (Miss.)
and Cobb's and Phillips's (GA.) Legions
July 2 Engaged in the evening with 3rd Division Cavalry Corps near Hunterstown. Cobb's Legion led the attack and lost a number of officers and men killed and wounded.
July 3 The Brigade arrived here about noon and skirmished with Union sharpshooters. In the afternoon the 1st North Carolina and Jeff Davis Legion advancing in support of Chambliss's Brigade drove back the Union Cavalry but met their reserve and were in a critical position when the Brigade went to their support and a hand to hand fight ensued in which Brig.-Gen. Wade Hampton was severely wounded.
The conflict ended in the failure of the Confederates in their purpose to assail the rear of the Union army.
Losses Killed 17 Wounded 56 Missing 18 Total 91
Erected 1910 by Gettysburg National Military Park Commission.
Topics. This historical marker is listed in this topic list: War, US Civil. A significant historical date for this entry is July 2, 1863.
Location. 39° 50.19′ N, 77° 10.13′ W. Marker is near Gettysburg, Pennsylvania, in Adams County. It is
this page online
Other nearby markers. At least 10 other markers are within walking distance of this marker. Breathed's Battery - Beckham's Battalion (within shouting distance of this marker); McGregor's Battery - Beckham's Battalion (about 300 feet away, measured in a direct line); Horse Artillery (about 400 feet away); Cavalry Division (about 600 feet away); Green's Battery - Jones's Battalion (about 700 feet away); A Thunderous Charge (approx. 0.2 miles away); Fitzhugh Lee's Brigade (approx. 0.2 miles away); Captain Thomas E. Jackson's Battery (approx. 0.2 miles away); Civil War Hospital (approx. ¼ mile away); Chambliss's Brigade (approx. ¼ mile away). Touch for a list and map of all markers in Gettysburg.
Also see . . .
1. Wade Hampton III: The Successor to J.E.B. Stuart in Command of Lee's Cavalry. Essential Civil War Curriculum website entry (Submitted on March 13, 2022, by Larry Gertner of New York, New York.)
2. Hampton's Cavalry Brigade. Stone Sentinels website entry (Submitted on May 23, 2020, by Larry Gertner of New York, New York.)
via Essential Civil War, unknown
2. Wade Hampton III
Photographed By Brian Scott, September 23, 2015
3. Hampton's Brigade Marker
Photographed By Brian Scott, September 23, 2015
4. Hampton's Brigade Marker
Photographed By Craig Swain, April 12, 2008
5. Hampton's Brigade Tablet
Photographed By Brian Scott, September 23, 2015
6. Hampton's Brigade Marker
Photographed By Craig Swain, April 12, 2008
7. Advance of Hampton's Brigade
Looking southeast from the marker location. On the right can be seen one of the out buildings of the Rummel Farm. In the distance to the left is the Jacob Lott Farm. Hampton's Brigade, led by the 1st North Carolina and the Jeff Davis Legion, stepped out across the fields in the center frame and charged Federal cavalry arrayed beyond the modern tree lines in the distant center.
Credits. This page was last revised on November 11, 2023. It was originally submitted on July 22, 2008, by Craig Swain of Leesburg, Virginia. This page has been viewed 1,092 times since then and 26 times this year. Photos: 1. submitted on July 22, 2008, by Craig Swain of Leesburg, Virginia. 2. submitted on November 11, 2023, by Larry Gertner of New York, New York. 3, 4. submitted on December 2, 2015, by Brian Scott of Anderson, South Carolina. 5. submitted on July 22, 2008, by Craig Swain of Leesburg, Virginia. 6. submitted on December 2, 2015, by Brian Scott of Anderson, South Carolina. 7. submitted on July 22, 2008, by Craig Swain of Leesburg, Virginia.
