I want to verify source of this quote: "Nein, dis battery ist unser!"   
I think it may be from Bruce Caton's book,"The Army of the Potomac:
Glory Road"  (cannot verify it myself due to a vision problem).
It would be found in the the Battle of Gettysburg chapter describing
the action on the first day of the battle.

Hello.

I've located a source for the quotation.

'As his infantry got onto the top of the hill, Early began to move
some artillery forward. The Confederate pieces opened up. A heated
hand-to-hand fight developed in the cemetery as Union gunners tried to
beat off Confederate infantrymen. Placing his hand on a piece, one
triumphant Rebel is supposed to have yelled, "This battery's ours!"
only to receive the guttural reply, "Nein, dis battery is unseres!"'

source: page 137
"The Gettysburg Campaign: June-July 1863" by Albert A. Nofi,
read using "search inside" on Amazon.com
http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/tg/detail/-/0938289837/

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search strategy:
amazon.com "nein dis battery"

I hope this helps.

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Request for Answer Clarification by rhav-ga on 09 May 2004 14:25 PDT

Thanks for the quick response.  I could get by with it as it is the
same quote but it is not the same source I origanally used for a book
I am writing and I like mine better. If you can find the origianal, I
would prefer it.  Here it is in its entirety. Are you able to check
"Glory Road" by Bruce Catton?

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"A Confederate officer charging up the hill, ahead of his men and
proud to be the first to reach a Union gun position, brandished his
sword and declared, ?This battery is ours!?  A stubborn Teutonic
defender gave the officer a savage blow with his cannon sponge staff,
knocking him senseless.  The last thing the Confederate heard was,
?Nein, dis battery ist unser?
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Clarification of Answer by juggler-ga on 09 May 2004 14:45 PDT

Unfortunately, the "search inside" feature is unavailable from "Glory
Road." http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/tg/detail/-/0844667900/

If you give me an approximate idea of your location, I could try to
find a library near you that has the book.  Let me know if there's
anything else I can do for you. Thanks.

Rhav --

I have a copy of Catton's "Glory Road" and have checked chapter 6,
"End and Beginning," which covers the Battle of Gettysburg.  No where
in the chapter do I see reference to the quotation that Juggler-GA
confirmed for you.

Best regards,

Omnivorous-GA