Alternate Designations: Martin’s Battery.
Commander: Capt. Joseph W. Martin (1838-1908).
Numbers: Six Ordnance Rifles; 130 men. 1 wounded.
Raised: New York City and Union County (New Jersey).
Dedicated: 1890-1891. Dedicated July 4, 1891.
Location: West side of Taneytown Road near the Wright house. It indicates the position held by the 6th New York Independent Battery on July 3, 1863. Honors unit in part for services rendered at Brandy Station.
Description: Relief of a battle scene is affixed to a Quincy granite marker. The battle scene includes uniformed soldiers on horses and standing and broken cannons. A State Seal appears on the tondo above the relief and the Corps insignia is below. Monument is a granite shaft with a hipped peak cap with crossed gable and bronze medallion and set on a two-part base of which the first part is 7.3×4.8 foot and the second part contains excised letters and a bronze badge. The shaft has a bronze bas-relief front, excised inscription and bronze rear.
This monument is difficult to photograph in full from the front due to the fence along the Taneytown Road.
National Park Service List of Classified Monuments Number: MN279.
Sculptor: Beattie & Brooks, fabricator.
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