The Monuments and Memorials of the Gettysburg Campaign
Second Brigade (Ward)
One of three brigades in Birney’s Division of the Third Corps.
Commander: Brig. Gen. J. H. Hobart Ward (June 17, 1823 – July 24, 1903). Served as an enlisted soldier in the Mexican War. Native of New York City. He was wounded on July 2. He was removed from command at Spotsylvania for drunkenness and arrested. He later was clerk of courts in New York and was killed when he was run over by a train.
One of three brigades in Birney’s Division of the Third Corps.
