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6th Corps, Artillery Brigade
Army USA
Corps 6
Division 3
Brigade Artillery
Commander Col. Charles H. Tompkins
Location Sedgwick Avenue, east of the Weikert Farm
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

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