Alternate Designations: None.
Commander: Capt. Robert B. Ricketts (1839-1918).
Numbers: 6 Ordnance Rifles; 144 men. 6 killed, 14 wounded, 3 missing.
Raised: Battery G – Philadelphia. Battery F – Schuykill.
Installed 1890. Dedicated July 2, 1894.
Location: East Cemetery Hill near Howard’s Headquarters marker. It indicates the position held by Ricketts’ Battery on the evening of July 2, 1863 when attacked by two Brigades of Early’s Division, and on July 3, 1863.
Description: Relief of two uniformed artillerymen and a cannon on the face of a large marker. The figure standing near the mouth of the cannon holds a rammer. There is a bronze tablet with a relief the Pennsylvania State Seal on the lower right. The inscription appears on the reverse and the edges are rough-hewn. The monument was erected by Roche and Barber and was carved from one piece of granite. It cost $3,000.00 and consists of Blue Westerly Granite. Monument is a monolithic granite shaft set on a 12.6×3.2 foot base. The shaft has a full recessed bas-relief of a cannon and artillerymen on the front with polished stone and incised inscription, and a bronze state emblem on the lower front. Overall height is nine feet. At the time of it’s dedication, this monument was reputed to be the largest monolith on battlefield.
National Park Service List of Classified Monuments Number: MN306.
Sculptor: Smith Granite Company, fabricator.
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