"Knaps"

Knap's Battery E, 1st PA monument on Power's Hill.

Photos taken December 2, 2006 (MJW)
Captain Joseph Knap

The battery's organizer and first commander.

http://www.geocities.com/knapsbattery/knap.htm

Captain Charles A. Atwell

Then a Lieutenant, Atwell commanded the battery of 6-10 pounders at Gettysburg.

http://www.geocities.com/knapsbattery/atwell.htm

Promoted to Captain on July 16, 1863.

Died in Chattanooga, TN on November 2, 1863 of wounds sustained in battle at Wauhatchie.

The unit also operated on Culp's Hill and has a monument at that location.

Unit history...http://www.geocities.com/knapsbattery/chronlgy.htm