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“Hazlett’s Battery”
The monument to Battery D of the 5th United States Artillery is on the summit of Little Round Top. (Little Round Top tour map)
Lieutenant Charles E. Hazlett commanded the battery at the Battle of Gettysburg. He was an 1861 graduate of West Point from Newark, Ohio. Hazlett was killed on July 2nd during the fighting for Little Round Top. Lieutenant Benjamin F. Rittenhouse then took over the battery. A nearby monument honors Lieutenant Hazlett and Brigadier General Weed, who was mortally wounded with Hazlett on Little Round Top.
Monument to Battery D, 5th United States Artillery on Little Round Top at Gettysburg
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From the monument
Army of the Potomac
Fifth Corps Artillery Brigade
Battery D Fifth U.S. Artillery
Six Rifled 10 Pounders
Lieut. Charles E. Hazlett commanding
July 2 Marched to the left of the Union line about 4.30 p.m. and in rear of Brig. General J. Barnes’s First Division Fifth Corps. Immediately upon taking position here at 5:45 opened fire upon the Confederates who were engaging the Division. The battery kept up a continuous fire until after dark. Lieut. Hazlett was mortally wounded and the command devolved upon Lieut. Benjamin F. Rittenhouse.
July 3 Remained in position and in the afternoon did effective service on the lines of infantry engaged in Longstreet’s Assault.
Casualties Killed 1 officer and 8 men, wounded 5 men
Four 10 pounder Parrott Rifles similar to those the men of the battery carried to the summit of Little Round Top flank the monument. The Hazlett-Weed monument is on the left behind the cannon
Location of the monument to Battery D at Gettysburg
The monument to Battery D is south of Gettysburg on the summit of Little Round Top. It is just to the west of the parking area. (39°47’31.4″N 77°14’11.8″W)
See more on the history of Battery D, 5th United States Artillery in the Civil War