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“Reynolds’ Battery”
The monument to 1st New York Light Artillery, Battery L is west of Gettysburg on Reynolds Avenue between Chambersburg Road (US 30) and Meredith Avenue (South Reynolds Avenue tour map).
During the Battle of Gettysburg Battery E, 1st New York Light Artillery was temporarily attached to Battery L due to casualties. A separate monument to Battery E is southeast of town on East Cemetery Hill (East Cemetery Hill tour map).
Battery L at Gettysburg
Captain Gilbert H. Reynolds commanded the battery at the Battle of Gettysburg. He was wounded on July 1st and Lieutenant George Breck then took command.
The battery brought 141 men to the field serving six 3″ Ordnance Rifles. It lost 1 gun captured in the fighting west of town on July 1.
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Attached to the Artillery Brigade, 1st Corps, Army of the Potomac
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Text from the Reynolds avenue monument:
“Reynolds“
Battery L
1st N.Y. Light Artillery
Artillery Brigade 1st Corps
From the rear:
Casualties July 1st, 1863
near Chambersburg Pike,
1 killed, 15 wounded, 1 missing.
July 2nd and 3rd engaged with enemy
from position on Cemetery Hill.
Organized at Rochester, N.Y. Sept. 17, 1861.
Mustered out June 17, 1865.
Location of the monument to Battery L at Gettysburg
The monument to Battery L of the 1st New York Light Artillery is west of Gettysburg on the east side of Reynolds Avenue about 0.3 mile north of Fairfield Road and 250 yards south of Meredith Avenue. Reynolds Avenue is one way northbound at this point. (39°49’53.1″N 77°15’04.6″W)