Alternate Designations: Ayres.
Commander: Lt. Leonard Martin (1838-1890).
Numbers: Six 10-lb Parrotts, 130 men. No losses.
Raised: New York City, Philadelphia, and Erie County (New York).
Erected between 1907 and 1908.
Location: Located in Ziegler’s Grove, west of the old Cyclorama building. Locates position occupied by Martin’s Battery F, 5th U.S. Artillery, during final stages of Battle of Gettysburg.
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 F FIFTH U. S. ARTILLERY
Six 10 Pounder Parrotts
Lieut. Leonard Martin 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 the repulse of Longstreet’s assault.