Union monuments at Gettysburg > United States Regulars > Artillery
The monument to Battery K, 1st United States Artillery is south of Gettysburg on the South Cavalry Battlefield.
About Battery K at Gettysburg
The battery brought 123 men to the field manning six 3 inch Ordnance Rifles. It was commanded by Captain William M. Graham and lost 3 casualties.
Monument to Battery K on the Gettysburg battlefield
Text from the monument:
Army of the Potomac
Cavalry Corps
Second Brigade Horse Artillery
Battery K First U. S. Artillery
Six 3 inch Rifles
Captain William M. Graham, commanding
July 3. Arrived on the field and took position on the left with cavalry and engaged during the attack of Brig. General E .J. Farnsworth’s and Brig. General W. Merritt’s Brigades on the Confederate right.
The monument is on the South Cavalry Field about three miles south of Gettysburg.
Location of the monument at Gettysburg
The monument is south of Gettysburg on the South Cavalry Battlefield. It is on the east side of Emmitsburg Road about 1.2 miles south of the intersection with Confederate Avenue, on the north side of a large open field.