Alternate Designations: Hartstuff’s.
Commander: Lt. Alexander C.M. Pennington, Jr. (1838-1917)
Numbers: 6 Ordnance Rifles; 126 men. 1 wounded.
Raised: New York City and Hamilton County, Ohio.
Erected between 1907 and 1908.
Location: Located East Cavalry Field east side of U.S. Cavalry Avenue. Locates position occupied by Pennington’s Battery 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:
ARMY OF THE POTOMAC
CAVALRY CORPS
FIRST BRIGADE HORSE ARTILLERY
BATTERY M SECOND U. S. ARTILLERY
Six 3 Inch Rifles
Lieut. A. C. M. Pennington Commanding
July 2. Engaged with the Confederates at Hunterstown.
July 3. Engaged in Brig. General Custer’s Brigade with Major General J. E. B. Stuart’s Confederate Cavalry on the right of the Union Army.
Casualties Wounded 1 Officer
Army of the Potomac > Cavalry Corps > Horse Artillery > First Brigade