GETTYSBURG CAMPAIGN DOCUMENT – 1st CONNECTICUT HEAVY ARTILLERY – SIX HORSES "WORN OUT ON MARCH" TURNED IN AT FREDERICK, MARYLAND, JULY 9, 1863 – SIGNED BY CAPT. ALBERT F. BROOKER

GETTYSBURG CAMPAIGN DOCUMENT – 1st CONNECTICUT HEAVY ARTILLERY – SIX HORSES

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A direct piece of the Gettysburg Campaign, written six days after the battle as the Army of the Potomac pushed through Frederick, Maryland, in pursuit of Lee's retreating army.

This is a printed "List of Quartermaster's Stores, &c." (Form No. 27), filled out in ink. It records stores transferred by "Capt. Albert F. Brooker, 1st Conn. Arty." to the Army quartermaster at "Frederick City, Md." on "the 9th day of July, 1863." The receiving quartermaster's name appears to read Capt. P. P. Pitkin. The single entry speaks to the hard marching of the campaign:

"6 Six – Horses – Unserviceable – Worn out on march."

The certification below is signed "A. F. Brooker, Capt., 1st Regt. Conn. Artillery." Brooker struck out the printed word "Quartermaster" and signed as an artillery captain. The reverse carries the matching docket: "No. 68, Abstract E, July Qr. 1863. List of Stores Received from Capt. A. F. Brooker, 1st Conn. Arty., at Frederick, Md."

Capt. Albert F. Brooker commanded Battery B, 1st Connecticut Heavy Artillery. It was one of only two batteries of that regiment, with Battery M, detached from the Washington defenses to accompany the Army of the Potomac during the Gettysburg Campaign. Both served with the Artillery Reserve. This document almost certainly records Brooker's battery coming back down through Frederick along the army's line of march after Gettysburg, with its horses used up by the long marches of the campaign.

Documents tied this closely to a specific Gettysburg unit and to the days right after the battle are not common, and this one carries the signature of the battery commander himself.

Condition: Large folio sheet opening to approximately 13 x 17 inches, with normal folds and light toning. There is a short split at one fold on the lower edge and a corner crease. The printing is crisp and the ink is legible throughout.  [cm][ph:L]

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