Alternate Designations: Hart’s Battery.
Commander: Capt. Patrick Hart (ca. 1827-1892).
Numbers: Four 12-lb Napoleons; 99 men. 3 killed, 13 wounded.
Raised: New York City. The battery was formed in December, 1861, as Battery B of the 2nd Battalion, New York Light Artillery, after which it was designated as Battery B of that command. In December it moved to Harper’s Ferry, where it was consolidated, February 4, 1865, with ” Kusserow’s Battery,”— the 32nd New York Independent Battery — Captain Hart being retained in command.
Dedicated: July 2, 1888.
Location: Wheatfield Road west of the junction with Sickles Avenue. The monument marks the position of Hart’s New York Battery on the afternoon of July 2, 1863 when supporting Sickles’ Third Corps line.
Description: Sculpted relief of an artilleryman standing holding a rammer in front of a cannon wheel. A state seal tondo is behind him. The monument sits on a rough-hewn base. Monument is a sculpted granite relief of an artilleryman and cannon set on a 6.6×3.9 foot rough hewn base. The south side contains a bronze state seal while a bronze inscription tablet inset appears on the north face. Overall height is 7.6 foot. Flanking markers are one foot square with apex tops and inscriptions.
National Park Service List of Classified Monuments Number: MN182.
Sculptor: Barr, R.D., sculptor; Smith Granite Company, fabricator.
Main Monuments: Main Monument | Position Tablet
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