Alternate Designations: Randolph’s.
Commander: Lt. John K. Bucklyn (1834-1906), wounded on July 2; Lt. Benjamin Freeborn (1835-1874).
Numbers: Six 12-lb Napoleons; 116 men. 3 killed, 26 wounded, 1 missing.
Raised: Providence County.
Dedicated: July 2, 1886.
Location: East side of Emmitsburg Road, north of Wentz farmhouse foundation at Wheatfield Road. The monument marks the spot where the battery was moved on July 2, 1863, between 2:00 and 3:00 P.M. It fired on Confederate batteries in the woods on Warfield Ridge and later dueled with an advanced Confederate battery, possibly Taylor’s, until it was silenced by Randolph’s battery and a section of Ames’ Battery G, 1st New York.
Description: A square granite monument incised on the front with an image of two crossed cannon tampers and a pile of cannon balls.
National Park Service List of Classified Monuments Number: MN188.
Sculptor: Smith Granite Company, fabricator.
