1st New Hampshire Artillery, Battery A

The monument to the First New Hampshire Battery is southeast of Gettysburg on the south end of the National Cemetery. see map

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

The battery was commanded 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.

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