The Hampton Battery Rock or “Shelter Rock” protected wounded from Hampton’s Battery F, Independent Pennsylvania Light Artillery on July 3, 1863. The white buildings in the background are on the Hummelbaugh Farm. This image from the History of Hampton Battery F Independent Pennsylvania Light Artillery was taken facing northeast circa 1909.
In today’s 140 Places post, Gettysburg Licensed Battlefield Guide Fred Hawthorne shows us the Hampton Battery Rock and graves of soldiers in Evergreen Cemetery who were buried by Elizabeth Thorn.
This map shows us the locations taken of the videos for the 140 Places Every Guide Should Know series. Videos #1-#12 were shown in our previous 140 Places Every Guide Should Know posts. This map was created facing north at approximately 7:00 PM on Saturday, November 27, 2010.
Gettysburg Licensed Battlefield Guide Fred Hawthorne is standing by the monument to Hampton’s Pennsylvania Battery which marks their position for July 3, 1863. The Pennsylvania State Memorial is in the left background. This view was taken facing northeast at approximately 5:45 PM on Friday, October 15, 2010.
In Video #13 (Videos #1-#12 were shown in our previous 140 Places posts) Gettysburg Licensed Battlefield Guide Fred Hawthorne shows us the monument to Hampton’s Pennsylvania Battery on Cemetery Ridge. He also gives us an idea of where the monument is located compared to the rock that sheltered the wounded from Hampton’s Battery on July 3, 1863. This view was taken facing southeast to east at approximately 5:45 PM on Friday, October 15, 2010.
Gettysburg Licensed Battlefield Guide Fred Hawthorne is standing by the east side of the monument to Hampton’s Battery. This view was taken facing southwest at approximately 5:45 PM on Friday, October 15, 2010.
Licensed Battlefield Guide Fred Hawthorne is standing on Cemetery Ridge by the west side of the Hampton Battery Rock. The red buildings in the background are at the National Park Service Maintenance Area. The white structure behind Fred’s head is the William Patterson House on the Taneytown Road. This view was taken facing east at approximately 5:45 PM on Friday, October 15, 2010.
In Video #14 Licensed Battlefield Guide Fred Hawthorne shows the Hampton Battery Rock, and points out its location in relation to the position of Hampton’s Battery. This view was taken facing west to north to northwest at approximately 5:45 PM on Friday, October 15, 2010.
Licensed Battlefield Guide Fred Hawthorne is standing by the east side of the Hampton Battery Rock, where the battery’s wounded would have been placed. The Pennsylvania State Memorial is above the rock. A living history group is setting up for the weekend in the right background. The top of the Hampton Battery Monument is in the left background, just to the right of the tree. This view was taken facing west at approximately 5:45 PM on Friday, October 15, 2010.
Licensed Battlefield Guide Fred Hawthorne is standing in Evergreen Cemetery by the graves of United States soldiers killed or mortally wounded during the Battle of Gettysburg, and buried by Elizabeth Thorn. The New York State Monument in the Soldiers National Cemetery is in the left background. The Evergreen Cemetery Gatehouse is the brick structure underneath the orange/red tree in the right background. This view was taken facing north at approximately 5:45 PM on Friday, October 15, 2010.
In Video #15 Fred Hawthorne is standing in Evergreen Cemetery among the graves of soldiers buried by Elizabeth Thorn with a little help from her father and some others. This view was taken facing southwest to north to southwest at approximately 5:45 PM on Friday, October 15, 2010.
Fred Hawthorne is kneeling by two commemoration stones to Confederates Hooper P. Caffey and Matthew Goodson. They are buried elsewhere in Evergreen Cemetery, in an undisclosed location. This view was taken facing southwest at approximately 5:45 PM on Friday, October 15, 2010.