[Albemarle(Va.)Light Arty.;2nd Co.,Richmond Howitzers
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The location of James Maupin's burial on the field at Gettysburg was marked with an "X" chiseled on an adjacent rock by a comrade before the battle ended. Maupin was killed instantly by a solid shot during the artillery bombardment preceding Pickett's charge.
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From "The Diary of a Southern Refugee" by Julia McGuire
"The death of James Maupin, of the University of Virginia - so young, so gentle, so brave! He fell at his gun, as member of the Second Howitzers of Richmond..."]