October 31, 2014

On this last trip I made it a priority to walk where I’d never walked, to photograph what I’d never photographed, and the artillery pieces of Batteries F & K, 3^RD U.S. Artillery were on my agenda. These pieces are located along a narrow path that leads from the Angle/Ziegler’s Grove area, past the statue of Gen. Meade. If you continue on the path you can visit Meade’s headquarters at the Lydia Leister farmhouse.

Both pieces are Model 1857 12-pounder Napoleons. Cannon tube #1 (see top photo) dates from 1862 and comes from the Henry Hooper & Co. foundry in Boston. Interestingly, the house in the left background marks the site of the Catherine Guinn farm. Tube #2 (directly above) was also forged in 1862 but this time at the Cyrus Alger Foundry. On the second photo you can see the Leister barn at top left (along with the statue of the 2^ND Pennsylvania Cavalry monument, and the larger, closer monument to the 10^TH New York Infantry), and, at top right, the Peter Frey barn.

**HONORED TODAY**

PVT. JAMES D. CATOR

Co. I, 134^TH New York Infantry

Born abt. 1833 --- Died July 01, 1863 

Pvt. Cator, from Fulton, NY, enlisted in August 1862. He was 5’6” tall, with black hair, gray eyes, and a dark complexion, and was a laborer by trade. His surname was also listed as Cater. Unfortunately, there is little information concerning Pvt. Cator.


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