Union monuments - Ohio

1st Ohio Light Artillery, Battery L

The monument to Battery L of the First Ohio Light Artillery is south of Gettysburg on Little Round Top. see map

Battery L was commanded at the Battle of Gettysburg by Captain Frank C. Gibbs. It brought 121 men to the field serving six 12-punder Napoleons, and lost two wounded.

From the front of the monument:

Captain F. C. Gibbs
Battery

L First Ohio Light Artillery
Artillery Brigade, Fifth Corps

From the back:

Battery L
1st Ohio Light Artillery
July 2. 3. 1863
Arriving on the field at 8 a.m.
July 2, went into position under a
brisk skirmish fire on the extreme
right of Wolf Hill. Afterwards
moved to north slope of Little
Round Top, and there became hotly
engaged with Longstreet's Corps
then trying to turn the left.
Held same position July 3.
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This battery was recruited at
Portsmouth Ohio, in the Autumn
of 1861 by Captain L.N. Robinson.
Was mustered out July 4. 1865.
Took part in 12 important battles.

Erected by the State of Ohio