Memorial Site. Memorial maker for the 1st New Jersey Light Artillery (Clark's Battery). Located on Sickles Avenue in the Excelsior Field, this monument marks the sport where Clark's Battery, commanded by Captain A. Judson Clark, was positioned on July 2, 1863 while trying to repulse the Confederate attack on the peach orchard.
Memorial Site. Memorial maker for the 1st New Jersey Light Artillery (Clark's Battery). Located on Sickles Avenue in the Excelsior Field, this monument marks the sport where Clark's Battery, commanded by Captain A. Judson Clark, was positioned on July 2, 1863 while trying to repulse the Confederate attack on the peach orchard.
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Clark's Battery, Battery B, 1st New Jersey Light Artillery, 3d Corps. Fought here from 2 until 7 o'clock on July 2, 1863, firing 1,300 rounds of ammunition. Losses, killed 1, wounded 16, missing 3. Erected by the State of New Jersey 1888. Mustered in Sept. 3, 1861, mustered out June 6, 1865. Engaged in 26 battles including all the important actions on the Peninsula, Fredericksburg, Chancellorsville, Wilderness, Spottsylvania, Cold Harbor, Petersburg, Appomattox.
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