Alternate Designations: Thompson’s.
Commander: Lt. John H. Butler (1838-1910).
Numbers: Six 12-lb Napoleons, 113 men. No losses.
Raised: New York City and Suffolk County Massachusetts.
Erected between 1907 and 1908.
Location: Located on east side of Hancock Avenue in Ziegler’s Grove.
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:
ARMY OF THE POTOMAC
SIXTH CORPS
ARTILLERY BRIGADE
BATTERY G SECOND U. S. ARTILLERY
Six 12 Pounders
Lieut. John H. Butler Commanding
July 2. Arrived in the afternoon with the Corps and held in Reserve.
July 3. Brought up to Ziegler’s Grove in rear of Third Division Second Corps on repulse of Longstreet’s assault.