Alternate Designations: None.
Commander: Capt. William M. Graham (1834-1916).
Numbers: 6 Ordnance Rifles; 122 men. 2 killed, 1 wounded.
Raised: New York City; Baltimore; Washington, D.C.
Erected between 1907 and 1908.
Location: East side of Emmitsburg Road, South of Ridge Road at South Cavalry Field. Locates positions occupied by Regular 1st Artillery Battery K during Battle of Gettysburg, July 3, 1863.
Description: One of 45 monuments erected to units of the United States regular army on the battlefield. A red polished Jonesboro granite monolith that is set upon a concrete foundation with a descriptive 3’6’x3’7′ bronze tablet with the coat of arms of the United States in bronze.
Inscription reads:
ARMY OF THE POTOMAC
CAVALRY CORPS
SECOND BRIGADE HORSE ARTILLERY
BATTERY K FIRST U. S. ARTILLERY
Six 3 Inch Rifles
Captain William M. Graham
July 3. Arrived on the field and took position on the left with Cavalry and engaged during the attack of Brig. General E. J. Farnsworth’s and Brig. General W. Merritt’s Brigades on the Confederate right.
Casualties Killed 2 Men Wounded 1 Man
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