The Irish Brigade
Gettysburg, United States
<i>(Front):</i><center>Second Brigade<br>First Division<br>Second Corps<br>July 2, 1863. 6 p.m.<br><br>63. 69. 88.<br>New York Infantry<br>Irish Brigade</center><br> Casualties 63. 69. 88.<br> Killed 5. 5. 7.<br> Wounded 10. 14. 17.<br> Missing 8. 6. 4.<br><br><i>(Back):</i><br>The Brigade entered the battle under command of Colonel Patrick Kelly 530 strong, of which this contingent, comprising three battalions of two companies each, numbered 240 men. The original strength of these battalions was 3,000 men. The Brigade participated with great credit to itself and the race it represented, in every battle of the Army of the Potomac in which the Second Corps was engaged, from Fair Oaks, June 1, 1862, to Appomattox Court House, April 9, 1865.<br><br><i>(Right):</i><center>14th New York Indpt. Battery.<br>in memory of Capt. James McK.Rorty and<br>four men who fell at the Bloody Angle July 3, 1863. The<br>Battery was mustered in December 9, 1861 as part of the<br>Irish Brigade it was detached therefrom and at<br>Gettysburg was consolidated with Battery B, 1st N.Y. Artillery</center>