Union Headquarters monuments > 2nd Corps
The monument to the 2nd Corps Artillery Brigade is south of Gettysburg on the west side of Hancock Avenue north of the Copse of Trees. (Hancock Avenue at The Angle tour map)
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Attached to the 2nd Corps, Army of the Potomac
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Captain John G. Hazard commanded the brigade at the Battle of Gettysburg. He was a Providence, Rhode Island merchant.
The view is west from Hancock Avenue. On the right is a caisson and 3″ Ordnance Rifle representing Alonzo Cushing’s Fourth United States Artillery, Battery A, whose monuments are behind the Artillery Brigade monument. In the distance the monument to the 71st Pennsylvania Infantry is beside the stone wall that was the Union defensive line during Pickett’s Charge.
From the monument
Army of the Potomac
Second Corps
Artillery Brigade
Capt. John G. Hazard
1st New York Battery B Four 10 Pounders
Lieut. Albert S. Sheldon, Capt. James M. Rorty
Lieut. Robert E. Rogers
1st Rhode Island Battery A Six 3 lnch Rifles
Capt. William A. Arnold
1st Rhode Island Battery B Four 12 Pounders
Lieut. T. Frederick Brown, Lieut. Wm. S. Perrin
1st U. S. Battery I Six 12 Pounders
Lieut. George A. Woodruff, Lieut. Tully McCrea
4th U. S. Battery A Six 3 Inch Rifles
Lieut. Alonzo H. Cushing, Sergt. Frederick Fuger
July 1. Marched from Uniontown Md. at 2 P. M. Went into position at 11 P. M. on the Taneytown Road three miles from Gettysburg.
July 2. Moved with the Corps at daylight and went into position on the Corps battle line in the order from right to left as mentioned. The batteries were engaged toward night with some loss.
July 3. Engaged with the Confederate artillery in front at 8 A. M. and along the whole line at 1 P. M. and assisted in repulsing Longstreet’s assault in the afternoon.
Casualties Killed 3 Officers 24 Men Wounded 5 Officers 114 Men Captured or Missing 3 Men Total 149
Union Captain John G. Hazard, pictured after his promotion to Brigadier General
Location of the monument to the 2nd Corps Artillery Brigade
The monument is south of Gettysburg on the west side of Hancock Avenue. It is about 70 yards north of the Copse of Trees. (39°48’47.5″N 77°14’07.9″W)