Union monuments at Gettysburg > Ohio
“Gibbs’ Battery”
The monument to Battery L of the 1st Ohio Light Artillery is south of Gettysburg on Little Round Top. (Little Round Top tour map) The State of Ohio dedicated the monument in 1887.
Monument to Battery L, 1st Ohio Light Artillery at Gettysburg
Captain Frank C. Gibbs commanded Battery L at the Battle of Gettysburg. It brought 121 men to the field serving six 12-pounder Napoleons, and lost two wounded.
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From the front of the monument:
Captain F. C. Gibbs
Battery
L First Ohio Light Artillery
Artillery Brigade, Fifth Corps
Rear view of the monument to battery L. 1st Ohio
From the back of the monument:
Battery L
1st Ohio Light Artillery
July 2. 3. 1863
Arriving on the field at 8 a.m. July 2, went into position under a brisk skirmish fire on the extreme right of Wolf Hill. Afterwards moved to north slope of Little Round Top, and there became hotly engaged with Longstreet’s Corps then trying to turn the left. Held same position July 3.
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This battery was recruited at Portsmouth Ohio, in the Autumn of 1861 by Captain L.N. Robinson. Was mustered out July 4. 1865. Took part in 12 important battles.
Erected by the State of Ohio
Location of the monument to Battery L, 1st Ohio Artillery
The monument to Ohio’s Battery L is on the south side of Gettysburg on the north slope of Little Round Top, about 95 yards west of Sykes Avenue and about 135 yards north of the statue of General Warren. (39°47’36.9″N 77°14’11.0″W)
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