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Union Headquarters monuments > 6th Corps

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The monument to the 6th Corps Artillery Brigade is south of Gettysburg on the east side of Sedgwick Avenue. (Sedgwick Avenue tour map)

Attached to the 6th Corps, Army of the Potomac

From the monument

Army of the Potomac
Sixth Corps
Artillery Brigade 
Col. Charles H. Tompkins
Mass. 1st Battery A Six 12 Pounders
Capt. William H. McCartney
New York 1st Battery Six 3 lnch Rifles
Capt. Andrew Cowan
New York 3d Battery Six 10 Pounders
Capt. William A. Harn
1st Rhode Island Battery C Six 3 lnch Rifles
Capt. Richard Waterman
1st Rhode Island Battery G Six 10 Pounder Parrotts
Capt. George W. Adams
2d U. S. Battery D Six 12 Pounders
Lieut. Edward B. Williston
2d U. S. Battery G Six 12 Pounders
Lieut. John H. Butler
5th U. S. Battery F Six 10 Pounder Parrotts
Lieut. Leonard Martin

July 2. Arrived in the afternoon and evening from Manchester Md. and the artillery was placed under the orders of Brig. Gen. H. J. Hunt Chief of Artillery of the Army

July 3. The batteries were placed in reserve on different portions of the field so as to be available but with exception of 1st New York Battery were not actively engaged.

Casualties Killed 4 Men Wounded 2 Officers 6 Men Total 12

Colonel Charles H. Tompkins

Colonel Charles H. Tompkins commanded the brigade at the Battle of Gettysburg. Tompkins attended West Point (West Point Class of 1851) but did not graduate. He served as a enlisted man in the First Dragoons. Tompkins was awarded the Medal of Honor for his heroism at Fairfax Court House in 1861.

Location of the monument

The monument is south of Gettysburg on the east side of Slocum Avenue. It is just to the south of the intersection with United States Avenue across from the George Weickert farm.