Battery K, 1st Ohio Artillery Monument, (sculpture).

Battery K, 1st Ohio Artillery Monument, (sculpture).

Frederick & Field, fabricator.

Battery K, 1st Ohio Artillery Monument, (sculpture).

Heckman's Battery K, (sculpture).

Battery K, First Ohio Artillery Monument, (sculpture).

Dedicated Sept. 14, 1887.

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Sculpture: polished Quincy granite; Base: Quincy granite.

Sculpture: approx. H. 9 ft. 6 in.; Marker: approx. 6 ft. 10 in. x 3 ft. x 9 ft.; Base: approx. W. 8 ft. x D. 5 ft.

(Incised on front:) BATTERY K/FIRST OHIO LIGHT ARTILLERY/ARTILLERY BRIGADE 11TH CORPS/ARRIVING ABOUT NOON JULY 1, 1863./THIS BATTERY/CAPT. LEWIS HECKMAN COMMANDING/WENT INTO POSITION HERE IN RESERVE/WHEN THE 11TH CORPS BEGAN TO RETIRE,/ENGAGED THE ENEMY WITH GREAT GALLANTRY./WITH SEVERE LOSS IT WAS WITHDRAWN/CASUALTIES:/2 KILLED, 11 WOUNDED, 2 MISSING. (On base, front, in raised letters:) ERECTED BY THE STATE OF OHIO (On base, right side, in raised letters:) CAPT. WM. L. DEBECK/OCT. 10, 1861 TO MAY 11, 1863 (On base, left side, in raised letters:) CAPT. LEWIS HECKMAN/MAY 11, 1863 TO JULY 12, 1865 (Incised on rear:) BATTERY K/FIRST OHIO LIGHT ARTILLERY/WAS ORGANIZED FOR 3 YEARS UNDER/CAPT. WM. L. DEBECK IN THE AUTUMN OF 1861./REENLISTED FOR 3 YEARS IN FEBRUARY 1864./MUSTERED OUT JULY 12, 1865./PRINCIPAL ENGAGEMENTS:/BULL PASTURE MOUNTAIN/CROSS KEYS/CEDAR MOUNTAIN/FREEMAN'S FORD/WARRENTON SULPHER SPRINGS/WATERLOO BRIDGE/GROVETON/CHANCELLORSVILLE/GETTYSBURG/WAUHATCHIE/LOOKOUT MOUNTAIN/MISSION RIDGE unsigned

Square marker with a saddle finial stands on a rough-hewn base. The front and rear faces of the marker bear inscriptions and reliefs appear on the two sides. The relief on the right side is a wheel with crossed rammers and the relief on the left side is a wreath with crossed swords. There is a relief of the corps insignia of a crescent on the front and upward facing cannon pilasters on the corners.

History -- United States -- Civil War

Object -- Other -- Saddle

Emblem -- Military Insignia

Object -- Weapon -- Cannon

Outdoor Sculpture -- Pennsylvania -- Gettysburg

Administered by United States Department of the Interior, National Park Service, Washington, District of Columbia

Administered by Gettysburg National Military Park, 97 Taneytown Road, Gettysburg, Pennsylvania 17325

Located Gettysburg National Military Park, Corner of Carlisle & Lincoln Streets, Gettysburg, Pennsylvania 17325

Erected by the State of Ohio, this monument is one of twenty honoring Ohio troops who participated in the Gettysburg campaign. The monument marks the location, now Gettysburg College near Huber Hall, of Captain Lewis Heckman's Battery astride Carlisle Pike on July 1, 1863 as they repulsed the enemy. The monument is listed on the National Park Service List of Classified Structures (referred to as MN 51) and is referenced in the Gettysburg National Military Park Archives, vol. 27. IAS files contain a copy of the LCS report form.

Save Outdoor Sculpture, Pennsylvania survey, 1995.

National Park Service, American Monuments and Outdoor Sculpture Database, PA2054, 1989.

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