Union monuments at Gettysburg > Pennsylvania > Artillery
“Rickett’s Battery”
The monument to Consolidated Batteries F and G of the First Pennsylvania Light Artillery is southeast of Gettysburg on East Cemetery Hill. (39.821617° N, 77.228724° W; Google map; Tour map: East Cemetery Hill)
The battery was commanded at the Battle of Gettysburg by Captain Robert B. Ricketts. It brought 144 men to the field serving six Ordnance Rifles, and suffered 6 killed, 14 wounded and 3 missing. The battery was assigned to the Third Volunteer Brigade of the Artillery Reserve.
From the front of the monument:
Rickett’s Battery
1st Penna. Light Artillery Penna. Reserve Corps
From the rear of the monument:
Present at Gettysburg Consolidated Battery F & G
3 officers & 141 men.
Killed and died of wounds 7 men.
Wounded 1 officer & 13 men.
Captured or missing 3 men.
Total loss 24.
F
Recruited in Schylkill Co.
Total enrollment 342.
Mustered in July 8, 1861.
Re-enlisted Dec. 1863.
Mustered out June 9, 1865.
Killed & died of wounds 1 officer & 16 men.
Wounded 3 officers & 40 men.
Died of disease etc. 10 men.
Captured or missing 12 men.
Total casualties 78 men & 5 officers.
G
Recruited in Philadelphia.
Total enrollment 340.
Mustered in July 25, 1861.
Re-enlisted Dec. 1863.
Mustered out June 29, 1865.
Killed & died of wounds 1 officer & 15 men.
Wounded 3 officers & 44 men.
Died of disease etc. 12 men.
Captured or missing 14 men.
Total casualties exclusive of those while attached to Battery F 89.
July 2nd. Reached the field and took this position in the afternoon and engaged the Rebel batteries on Benner’s Hill. 8 p.m. A Rebel column charged the Battery and a desperate hand-to-hand conflict ensued which was repulsed after every round of canister had been fired.
July 3rd. Engaged with the Rebel batteries on the left and centre of the line.