Union monuments at Gettysburg > United States Regulars > Artillery
The monument to Battery K, 4th United States Artillery is south of Gettysburg on Emmitsburg Road. (Emmitsburg Road & North Sickles Avenue tour map) The battery brought 134 men and six 12-Pounders to the field. Lieutenant Francis Seely commanded the battery at Gettysburg. He was wounded twice at Gettysburg, and was breveted major for his actions. Lieutenant Robert James took over the battery when Seely was wounded.
Monument to Battery K, 4th United States Artillery at Gettysburg
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From the monument
Army of the Potomac
Third Corps
Artilery Brigade
Battery K Fourth U. S. Artillery
Six 12 Pounders
Lieut. Francis W. Seely commanding
July 1 Arrived at night and encamped in a field south of the town between the Emmitsburg and Taneytown Roads.
July 2 Went into position at 4 p.m. on the right of Smith’s log house on Emmitsburg Road with Brig. General A.A. Humphreys’s Division Third Corps and soon took position on the left of the log house and at the left of an apple orchard and opened fire on the Confederate infantry as it began to advance.
Hotly engaged with the Confederate infantry and artillery in front on the line from the Evergreen Cemetery to Little Round Top. Lieut. Seeley having been wounded the command devolved on Lieut. Robert James.
July 3 Remained in the position of the previous night
Casualties: Killed 2 men; wounded 1 officer and 18 men; missing 4 men. Lost and disabled 28 horses
Location of the monument to Battery K
The monument to the Battery K is south of Gettysburg on the east side of Emmitsburg Road about 200 yards north of United States Avenue. (39°48’20.3″N 77°14’48.6″W)
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