Second Volunteer Brigade – This Deathless Field

One of five brigades in the Army of the Potomac’s Artillery Reserve.

Commander: Capt. Elijah D. Taft (1819-1915). Carpenter and politician in Brooklyn. He commanded the 5th New York Independent Battery through most of the War.

Strength: 241

Losses: 8; 1 killed, 5 wounded, 2 missing.

Monuments and Memorials of the Second Volunteer Brigade

2nd Connecticut Artillery Battery

5th New York Independent Artillery Battery

Taft’s Brigade Monument (AR-2V)

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