Alternate Designations: F – Beckwith’s; K – Livingston’s.
Commander: Lt. John G. Turnbull (1843-1898).
Numbers: Six 12-lb Napoleons, 145 men. 9 killed, 14 wounded, 1 missing.
Raised: New York City.
Erected between 1907 and 1908.
Location: East side of Emmitsburg Road, South of Sickles Avenue, North of the Klingel House. Locates position occupied by Turbull’s Regular Battery on July 2, 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
ARTILLERY RESERVE
FIRST REGULAR BRIGADE
BATTERIES F & K THIRD U. S. ARTILLERY
Six 12 Pounders
Lieut. John C. Turnbull
July 1. Took position on crest of hill near General Meade’s Headquarters.
July 2. Moved to a position on the right of a log house on the Emmitsburg Road on the line held by Brig. General A. A. Humphreys’s Second Division Third Corps and became immediately engaged but was compelled to retire with the loss of 45 horses and 4 guns which were soon afterwards recaptured.
July 3. Went into position on the crest of the hill at the left of the Evergreen Cemetery and near Army Headquarters and there remained until the close of the battle.
Casualties Killed 1 Officer and 8 Men Wounded 14 Men Missing 1 Man
Other Monuments: July 1 & 2 Monument | July 1-3 Monument
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