Jackson’s Battery

Confederate Artillery Batteries

The marker is located east of Gettysburg on the East Cavalry Field on Confederate Cavalry Avenue. (East Cavalry battlefield – north side tour map) The battery was commanded at the Battle of Gettysburg by Captain Thomas E. Jackson. It was also known as the Charlottesville Horse Artillery.

Marker to Jackson's Confederate Battery on the Gettysburg battlefield

From the marker:

Army of Northern Virginia 
Stuart’s Horse Artillery
Captain Thomas E. Jackson’s Battery
Two 3 Inch Rifles Two Howitzers

July 3. The Battery was attached to Jenkins’ Cavalry Brigade and took part in the fight here on the right wing of the Confederates not far from the Rummel barn but its limited supply of ammunition was soon exhausted and it was withdrawn.

Losses not reported.

Location of the marker

The marker is located east of Gettysburg on the East Cavalry Field on the east side of Confederate Cavalry Avenue.

See more on the history of Jackson’s Charlottesville Horse Artillery in the Civil War.