Volunteers, the "Anthony Wayne Guard", was an artillery regiment of the Union Army during the American Civil War.

[1] The 6th New York Heavy Artillery was at the crossroads of many of the Civil War's fiercest battles.

In the summer of 1863, they marched with the Army of the Potomac and served as part of the reserves at the Battle of Gettysburg.

[2] When General Ulysses S. Grant launched his overland campaign in the spring of 1864, the 6th participated in a succession of bloody battles.

General Gordon Meade commended the regiment "for their gallantry conduct in this affair and classing us with the Veterans of the Army of the Potomac.