WEED, Stephen Hinsdale

Affiliation:  Union

Born: November 17 1831, Potsdam NY

Died: July 2 1863, Gettysburg PA

Pre-War Profession: Graduated West Point 1854, frontier duty, Seminole War, served in Kansas, Utah expedition.

War Service: May 1861 Capt. in 5th Artillery, Peninsula campaign, Second Bull Run as chief of artillery, Antietam, commanded V Corps artillery at Fredericksburg and Chancellorsville, June 1863 appointed Brig. Gen. of Volunteers, commanded 3rd Bde/2nd Divn/V Corps at Gettysburg (mw).

Post War: Elements of Weed's brigade helped move the guns of Lt. Charles E. Hazlett's Battery D, 5th United States Artillery to the top of the hill. Weed was mortally wounded in the chest while standing near these guns.