Confederate Headquarters Markers > Hill’s 3rd Corps
The monument to McIntosh’s Artillery Battalion is on the west side of Gettysburg along West Confederate Avenue. (West Confederate Avenue – Pt. 1 tour map)
From the monument:
C. S. A.
Army of Northern Virginia
Hills Corps Artllery Reserve
McIntosh’s Battalion
Johnson’s Rice’s Hurt’s and Wallace’s Batteries
Six Napoleons Two Whitworths Eight 3 Inch Rifles
July 1 – 4. The Battalion was actively engaged on each of the three days of the battle and withdrew from the field under orders in the evening of the fourth day.
Losses 7 men killed 25 wounded of whom 16 were captured. 38 horses killed or disabled.
Location of the Monument
The monument is on the west side of Gettysburg. It is west of Southwest Confederate Avenue about a hundred feet back in the Schultz Woods, across the street from Red Patch.
Major David Gregg McIntosh
The battalion was commanded at the Battle of Gettysburg by Major David Gregg McIntosh, a South Carolina lawyer.