Stevens' Battery

Stevens' Battery (HM96N)

Location: Gettysburg, PA 17325 Adams County
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Country: United States of America
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N 39° 49.16', W 77° 13.474'

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5th Maine, 1st Corps

(Front):
Stevens' Battery
5th Maine, 1st Corps.
Fought here
July 1,2,3, 1863.
Also engaged
July 1st north of the
Seminary.
Ammunition expended
979 rounds.

(Right):
"In the assault upon
East Cemetery Hill
in the evening of
July 2nd, the enemy,
(Hays' and Hoke's Brigades)
exposed their left flank to
Stevens' Battery
which poured a terrible fire
of double canister into
their ranks."
Doubleday

(Back):
Losses
Bull Run 2nd.
1 officer and 3 men killed.
8 men wounded.
6 men missing.

Chancellorsville.
6 men killed.
3 officers and 19 men wounded.

Gettysburg.
2 men killed.
2 officers and 11 men wounded.
6 men missing.

Opequan.
6 men wounded.

Cedar Creek.
2 men killed.
16 men wounded.

(Left):
Bull Run 2nd.
Fredericksburg.
Chancellorsville.
Gettysburg.
Wilderness.
Spottsylvania.
Cold Harbor.
Petersburg.
Opequan.
Fisher's Hill.
Cedar Creek.
Details
HM NumberHM96N
Tags
Year Placed1889
Placed ByState of Maine
Marker ConditionNo reports yet
Date Added Wednesday, September 24th, 2014 at 8:48am PDT -07:00
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Locationbig map
UTM (WGS84 Datum)18S E 309603 N 4410072
Decimal Degrees39.81933333, -77.22456667
Degrees and Decimal MinutesN 39° 49.16', W 77° 13.474'
Degrees, Minutes and Seconds39° 49' 9.60" N, 77° 13' 28.44" W
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Area Code(s)717
Closest Postal AddressAt or near 1942 Slocum Ave, Gettysburg PA 17325, US
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