Location: East Cavalry Field, Rummel Woods. Located at East Cavalry Field opposite Rummel Woods.
Description: Cast iron tablet, 3’8″ x 3’4″, with raised inscription painted in a contrasting color and mounted on fluted cast iron post. All 4’4″ H. 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 reads:
ARMY OF NORTHERN VIRGINIA
STUART’S HORSE ARTILLERY
BECKHAM BATTALION BREATHED’S BATTERY
Four 3 Inch Rifles
July 3. The Battery arrived here about 2 P. M. and took an active part in the fight until its ample supply of ammunition received in the forenoon was exhausted. It was withdrawn from the field about dark.
Losses Killed 6 Wounded 8 Total 14 Horses killed or disabled 10.
Army of Northern Virginia > Cavalry Division > Beckham’s Battalion