Alternate Designations: Bainbridge’s.
Commander: Lt. David H. Kinzie (1841-1904).
Numbers: Four 12-lb Napoleons; 86 men. 5 wounded.
Raised: Berks, Blair, and Schuykill counties in Pennsylvania.
Erected between 1907 and 1908.
Location: Locates position occupied by Kinzie’s Battery K, 5th U.S. Artillery, during Battle of Gettysburg, July 2-3, 1863.
Description: Located south side of Hunt Avenue by curve, west of Baltimore Pike. 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
TWELFTH CORPS
BATTERY K FIFTH U. S. ARTILLERY
Four 12 Pounders
Lieut. David H. Kinzie Commanding
July 1. Marched to within a mile and half of Gettysburg.
July 2. At daylight took position to command a gap between the First and Twelfth Corps. At 5 P. M. one section was placed on the summit of Culp’s Hill and assisted in silencing Confederate batteries on Benner’s Hill. At 6 P. M. rejoined the Battery at the foot of Powers’ Hill.
July 3. At 1 A. M. posted with Battery F 4th U. S. Artillery on the south side of Baltimore Pike opposite the centre of the line of the Twelfth Corps. At 4.30 A. M. opened fire on the Confederates in possession of the line vacated by the Twelfth Corps the preceding night. Firing continued at intervals until after 10 A. M. when the Confederates were driven out. Remained in the same position exposed to the severe shelling which came over Cemetery Hill in the afternoon.
Casualties Wounded 5 Men
Other Monuments: Culp’s Hill | Visitor Center (Baltimore Pike)