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Pennsylvania Independent Battery E
"Knap's Battery"

Knapp's Independent Battery E has two monuments on the Gettysburg battlefield. One is on Culp's Hill, showing the position of 3 of the battery's guns on July 2.
Location: 39.820018 N , 77.220036 W; see map

The second, dedicated in 1897, is on seldom-seen Powers Hill, reachable from Granite Schoolhouse Road, showing the position of the battery on July 3.
Location: 39.80606 N, 77.22015 W; see map

Battery E was commanded at the Battle of Gettysburg by Captain Charles A. Atwell. It brought six 10-pounder Parrott rifles to the field manned by 4 officers and 135 men, and lost 3 enlisted men wounded.

From the Culp's Hill monument:

Independent Battery E
Knaps
Penna. Veteran vols.
July 3, 1863.
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12th Army Corps

From the front of the Powers Hill monument:

Battery E
(Knap's)
Penna. Light Artillery

From the rear of the Powers Hill monument:

Mustered in Oct. 1st 1861.
Re-enlisted Jan. 1864.
Mustered out June 14th 1865.
At 3:30 p.m. July 2nd one gun was placed
on Culp's Hill in the position marked
by a monument, and was joined by two
others at 5 p.m., when the three guns
engaged the enemy's batteries on
Benner's Hill. These guns were
withdrawn when the Infantry was
ordered to the left and the
Battery went into this position
where it remained until the close
of the battle.
Present at Gettysburg
4 officers and 135 men.
Wounded 3 men.

See more information about Knap's Pennsylvania Independent Battery E during the Civil War