Alternate Designations: Hazard’s.
Commander: Lt. Thomas Frederic Brown (1842-1928), wounded on July 2; Lt. William S. Perrin (1839-1876)
Numbers: Six 12-lb Napoleons, 103 men. 7 killed, 19 wounded, 2 missing.
Raised: Providence County
Dedicated: Oct. 12, 1886.
Location: Hancock Avenue, east side. The sculpture is sited on the position held by Battery B, 1st Rhode Island Artillery on July 3, 1863 during the cannonade and Longstreet’s Assault. It is also the location of the “Gettysburg Gun” incident in which a charge became permanently fixed in a cannon muzzle as a result of being struck by Confederate shell.
Description: Monument is a three-part Westerly granite shaft with alternating smooth and rough cut topped with a rough cut cube and set on a rough cut 3.7 foot square base. The shaft has a finished center with incised lettering on the front and rear. Overall height is 8.6 feet. Position marker is 1.2×9 foot.
National Park Service List of Classified Monuments Number: MN243.
Sculptor: Flaherty, John, sculptor.
Other Monuments: Main Monument | Position Marker