Alternate Designations: B – Robertson’s; L – Hayes’
Commander: Lt. Edward Heaton (1842-1884)
Numbers: 6 Ordnance Rifles, 136 men. No losses.
Raised: New York City and Hamilton County, Ohio.
Erected between 1907 and 1908.
Location: Located north side of Pleasonton Avenue at the Hummelbaugh Farm. Locates position occupied by Heaton’s Battery of Regular 2nd Artillery during Battle of Gettysburg, July 1-3, 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:
CAVALRY CORPS
FIRST BRIGADE HORSE ARTILLERY
BATTERIES B & L SECOND ARTILLERY
Six 3 Inch Rifles
Lieut. Edward Heaton Commanding
July 2. Arrived near the battlefield at 5.30 A. M. and reported to Major General Alfred Pleasonton who ordered the Battery to be held in reserve until near dark when it was moved back two miles on the Baltimore Pike for the night.
July 3. Moved to the front and was ordered to the position occupied the day before but being subject to the severe artillery fire the Battery was ordered to retire out of range and there remained until the close of the battle.
Other Monuments: Hummelbaugh Farm | Granite Schoolhouse Lane
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