The Monuments and Memorials of the Gettysburg Campaign
1st New York Artillery, Battery M
Alternate Designations: Corthan’s
Commander: Lt. Charles E. Winegar (1832-1884).
Numbers: Four 10-lb Parrotts, 96 men. No losses.
Raised: Niagara.
Dedicated: 1889.
Location: Powers Hill. It indicates the position held by Winegar’s Battery M on the evening of July 2, 1863.
Description: Marker stands on a two-tiered smooth and rough-hewn base. A bronze State Seal in relief is affixed to the front face of the plinth. There is a relief of crossed rammers on the front cap, topped with a Corps star insignia, and the star appears in the same area, on the reverse. The whole is surmounted by a finial of a Parrot tube and projectiles.
National Park Service List of Classified Monuments Number: MN357.
