The Monuments and Memorials of the Gettysburg Campaign
1st Massachusetts Artillery (Battery A)
Alternate Designations: None.
Commander: Capt. William H. McCartney (1834-1894).
Numbers: Six 12-pound Napoleons; 145 men. No losses.
Raised: Suffolk.
Dedicated: Oct. 8, 1885.
Location: Soldiers’ National Cemetery, south end, east of Rostrum. Monument indicates the position held by the 1st Massachusetts Battery during the Gettysburg campaign on July 3, 1863.
Description: This monument is flanked with one wrought iron cannon. The monument is a shaft with a raised polished surface and a pyramidal designed cap, and set on a four-foot square base. The shaft has an incised inscription on the front and excised polished stone with corps insignia on the rear. The overall height is six feet.
National Park Service List of Classified Monuments Number: MN282.
