Battery F, 2d Illinois Light Artillery (Battery Powell)
U.S. 1st Battery, Minnesota Light Artillery

    

(3-96) North view. Tour Stop 4 (Ransom's Gun Path) in right background. Left Site Marker: U.S. Battery F, 2d Illinois Light Artillery: 6th Div.: 17th Corps: Army of the Tennessee. Capt. John W. Powell. The battery served four 12-pounder guns in this position, Battery Powell, from about May 27 to about June 25, when one section was ordered to an advanced battery close to the Confederate line. The other section served the two remaining guns in this position to the end of the siege, July 4, 1863. Right Site Marker: U.S. 1st Battery, Minnesota Light Artillery: 6th Div.: 17th Corps: Army of the Tennessee. Lieut. Henry Hurter: Capt. William Z. Clayton. The battery served two 12-pounder howitzers and four James rifles in this position from the morning of May 21 to the morning of May 22, 1863, when it was ordered to another position

(3-96) This position is approximately 40 yards south of the markers in previous photo. Site Marker: U.S. 1st Battery, Minnesota Light Artillery: 6th Div.: 17th Corps: Army of the Tennessee. Lieut. Henry Hurter: Capt. William Z. Clayton. The battery served two 12-pounder howitzers and four James rifles in this position from the morning of May 22 to about June 12, 1863, when all its pieces were moved to advanced batteries

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