Union monuments - Rhode Island

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. It was dedicated in 1886 by the State of Rhode Island.

Location: 39.812315 N, 77.235411 W; see map

Battery B was commanded at the Battle of Gettysburg by Captain Thomas F. Brown. He was wounded on July 2, and Lieutenant William S. Perrin took command. The battery 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

See more about Rhode Island's Battery B during the Civil War