Location: Located west side of Hancock Avenue, south end.
Description: Standard iron war department tablet. Painted inscription tablet, 3’8″x3′. Mounted on a fluted post, 4’4″ high. Tablet cast by Calvin Gilbert, founder. Marks position of Cooper’s US Battery on July 3, 1863. It was erected in 1910. Text is as follows,
ARMY OF THE POTOMAC
FIRST CORPS
FIRST VOLUNTEER BRIGADE
FIRST PENNA. LIGHT ARTILLERY
BATTERY B
Four 3 Inch Rifles
Captain James H. Cooper Commanding
July 3. Moved to this position from East Cemetery Hill at 3 P. M. during a heavy cannonade and opened fire upon a Confederate battery in front. In half an hour a line of Confederate infantry approached over the hill about 1000 yards distant. The Battery in connection with batteries in line fired case shot until the Confederates reached canister range a few charges of which compelled their retreat.
Casualties Killed 3 Men Wounded 1 Officer and 8 Men Total 12
Other Monuments: First Day Monument | Cemetery Hill Monument | Cemetery Hill Marker | Tablet (Plum Run Line)