2d United States Artillery, Battery E

2d United States Artillery Marker

NPS Photo

Marker located on Grant Avenue near Grant's Circle. This unit was attached to the Artillery Corps, of Maj. Gen. John G. Parke's IX Army Corps (Detachment), on Maj. Gen'l William T. Sherman's exterior line, and commanded by Lt. Samuel N. Benjamin. [Refer to pages 738 and 784, Volume 6 of the WPA Monumentation Survey Books.]