Confederate Artillery Batteries
“First Battery, Stuart Horse Artillery”
The marker for Breathed’s Battery is east of Gettysburg on the East Cavalry Battlefield on Confederate Cavalry Avenue. (Tour map: East Cavalry Battlefield – north end) The battery was commanded by Captain James Breathed.
From the marker:
Army of Northern Virginia
Stuart’s Horse Artillery
Beckham’s 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 It was withdrawn from the field about dark.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.
Location of the Marker
The marker for Breathed’s Battery is east of Gettysburg on the East Cavalry Battlefield, which is about three miles east of Gettysburg. The marker is on the southeast side of Confederate Cavalry Avenue about 600 feet south of the Avenue’s hard right turn where the road leaves the woods and runs along the Rummel Farm fields.