ARMY OF THE POTOMAC ELEVENTH CORPS ARTILLERY BRIGADE Major Thomas W. Osborn 1st New York Battery I Six 3 lnch Rifles Capt. Michael Wiedrich New York 13th Battery Four 3 Inch Rifles Lieut. William Wheeler 1st Ohio Battery I Six 12 Pounders Capt. Hubert Dilger 1st Ohio Battery K Four 12 Pounders Capt. Lewis Heckman 4th U. S. Battery G Six 12 Pounders Lieut. Bayard Wilkeson Lieut. Eugene A. Bancroft
July 1. Arrived with the Corps. All the batteries engaged except Battery I 1st New York on Cemetery Hill. The artillery retired and took position on Cemetery Hill west of the Baltimore Pike except Battery K 1st Ohio sent to the rear disabled and Battery 1 1st New York on East Cemetery Hill.
July 2. The Brigade was reinforced in the morning by five batteries from the Reserve Artillery
July 3. At 1 P. M. the Confederate artillery opened a terrific front and enfilading fire from the right followed by an infantry charge and on which the artillery of this command was concentrated with great effect. The Brigade lost one gun captured one gun disabled and two dismounted.
Casualties Killed 1 Officer 6 Men Wounded 3 Officers 50 Men Captured or Missing 9 Men Total 69 98 Horses Killed
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