Location: Confederate Avenue, south of Emmitsburg Road. Located on East side of South Confederate Avenue, just South of intersection with Emmitsburg Road.
Cast iron tablet, 3’8″ x 3’4″, with raised inscription painted in a contrasting color and mounted on fluted cast iron post. Tablets casts by Calvin Gilbert. The inscription on the 3.8′ x 3.4′ tablet narrates the events associated with Battery during the Battle.
Inscription: Text is as follows,
ARMY OF NORTHERN VIRGINIA
LONGSTREET’S CORPS HOOD’S DIVISION
HENRY’S BATTALION LATHAM’S BATTERY
THE BRANCH ARTILLERY
Three Napoleons One 12 Pounder Howitzer One 6 Pounder Bronze Gun
July 2. Took position here 4 P. M. and actively engaged until night. The Howitzer and Bronze gun were disabled and two captured 10 pounder Parrotts substituted.
July 3. Engaged in firing upon the Union lines within range. About 5 P. M. aided in repelling cavalry under Brig. Gen. Farnsworth which had charged into the valley between this point and Round Top.
July 4. Occupied position near by and west of this until 6 P. M. Then withdrew from the field.
Losses not reported in detail.
Army of Northern Virginia > Longstreet’s Corps > Hood’s Division > Henry’s Battalion