1st Rhode Island Artillery, Battery B
"Brown's Battery"

The monument to Battery B, First Rhode Island Light Artillery is south of Gettysburg on Hancock Avenue near the Copse of Trees. (see map) It was dedicated in 1886 by the State of Rhode Island.

The battery was commanded at Gettysburg by Captain Thomas F. Brown until he was wounded on July 2, when Lieutenant William S. Perrin took command. It brought 103 men to the field serving six 12-pounder Napoleons and lost 7 killed, 19 wounded and 2 missing.

From the front of the monument:

Brown's
Battery B
1st R.I. Lt. Art.ly

From the back:

Art.ly Brig
2nd Corps
Army Potomac

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