Location: Inside the Evergreen Cemetery Gatehouse.
Description: Iron War Department tablet denotes battery location in Evergreen Cemetery. Painted inscription tablet, 3’8″x3′. Mounted on a fluted post, 4’4″ high. Tablet cast by Calvin Gilbert, founder. This marker is identical to the other 5th New York Independent Artillery Battery tablet nearby.
ARMY OF THE POTOMAC
ARTILLERY RESERVE
SECOND VOLUNTEER BRIGADE
FIFTH NEW YORK LIGHT ARTILLERY
Six 20 Pounder Parrots
Captain Elijah D. Taft
July 2. Arrived and halted in park about 10.30 A. M. Moved to the cemetery at 3.30 P. M. and engaged from 4 P. M. until dark. Four guns south of and facing Baltimore Pike firing on a Confederate battery on Benner’s Hill. Two guns firing westwardly.
July 3. Engaged at intervals in same position until 4 P. M. One gun on Baltimore Pike having burst the other three relieved the section firing westwardly. Remained in this position until the close of the battle.
Casualties Killed 1 Man Wounded 2 Men
Ammunition Expended 1114 Rounds
Other Monuments: Main Monument | Tablet (National Cemetery) | Baltimore Pike Tablet
Army of the Potomac > Artillery Reserve > Second Volunteer Brigade