Alternate Designations: None.
Commander: Capt. Adoniram J. Clark (1838-1913).
Numbers: Six 10-lbs Parrotts, 143 men. 1 killed, 16 wounded, 3 missing.
Raised: Essex.
Dedicated: June 30, 1888.
Location: Sickles Avenue, Excelsior Field off the Wheatfield Road. The monument marks the position of Clark’s Battery on July 2, 1863.
Description: Granite monument with sculpted reliefs of napoleon tubes and sponge and rammers. The granite monument has a tapered top decorated with stars and is topped by a granite ball. Monument is a three foot square polished and smooth granite shaft topped with a conical cap and granite ball and set on a 5.2 foot square smooth base. The shaft contains incised inscriptions and sculptured half reliefs of napoleon tubes, sponge and rammers.
National Park Service List of Classified Monuments Number: MN183.
Sculptor: Frederick & Field, fabricator.
Other Monuments: Main Monument | Position Tablet