R. Bruce Ricketts
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Robert Bruce Ricketts distinguished himself as an artillery officer in the American Civil War. He is best known for his battery's defense against a Confederate attack on Cemetery Hill on the second da
Rickett's Battery sketched by Alfred Waud
Battery F, 1st Pennsylvania Light Artillery was a light artillery battery that served in the Union Army as part of the Pennsylvania Reserves infantry division during the American Civil War.
R. Bruce Ricketts
…otherwise known as the 43rd Regiment Pennsylvania Volunteers) was organized in 1861. The regiment left for Washington, D.C. in August of that year. Battery F was formed under Capt. Ezra W. Matthews. Bruce Ricketts joined the service on July 8, as a private of that year, and he was commissioned as first…
Monument to Battery F, 1st Pennsylvania Light Artillery at Gettysburg.
Gunners of Battery F fight Confederates hand to hand at the Battle of Gettysburg