Union Monuments - New Hampshire

First New Hampshire Battery Light Artillery

The monument to the First New Hampshire Battery Light Artillery is southeast of Gettysburg on the south end of the National Cemetery. It was dedicated by the State of New Hampshire in 1912.
Location: 39.818048 N, 77.232173 W; see map

The battery was commanded at the Battle of Gettysburg by Captain Frederick M. Edgell. It brought 111 men to the field serving 4 Ordnance Rifles and lost three men wounded. Battery A was part of the Artillery Reserve, 3rd Volunteer Brigade.

From the monument:

On this ground
Edgell's 1st New Hampshire Battery
Light Artillery
fired three hundred and fifty-three
rounds of ammunition
July 2nd and 3rd, 1863
Erected by the State of New Hampshire
July 3rd. 1912

See more about the First New Hampshire Battery Light Artillery in the Civil War