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Battery F, Pennsylvania Light Artillery

Hampton's Battery

 
 
Battery F, Pennsylvania Light Artillery Monument image. Click for full size.
Photographed By Craig Swain, June 28, 2008
1. Battery F, Pennsylvania Light Artillery Monument
The monument was built between 1889 and 1893. The artist was Murray Hamilton.
Inscription.
(Front):
F. Penna. Light Artillery
Organized at Pittsburgh
Hampton's Battery

(Right): From June 3 1863 to March 25 1864 Batteries F and C served as a consolidated battery.

July 2, occupied this position from about 5 to 6 o'clock p.m. July 3, with the left centre on cemetery ridge on left of First Volunteer Brigade Reserve Artillery marked by tablet. 24 men from battery F were detailed to Battery H 1st Ohio Artillery posted in the Cemetery during the battle.

(Left):Mustered in Oct. 8, 1861
re-enlisted Feb. 27, 1864
Mustered out June 26, 1865
 
Erected 1893 by Commonwealth of Pennsylvania.
 
Topics. This memorial is listed in this topic list: War, US Civil. A significant historical date for this entry is June 3, 1863.
 
Location. 39° 48.08′ N, 77° 14.966′ W. Marker is near Gettysburg, Pennsylvania, in Adams County. It is in Cumberland Township. Memorial is at the intersection of Wheatfield Road and Emmitsburg Road (Business U.S. 15), on the right when traveling east on Wheatfield Road. Located near stop 10, the Peach Orchard, on the driving tour of Gettysburg National Military Park. Touch for map. Marker is in this post office area: Gettysburg PA 17325, United States of America. Touch for directions.
 
Other nearby markers. At least 8 other markers are within walking distance of this marker. Battery C, Pennsylvania Light Artillery (within shouting distance
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of this marker); 68th Pennsylvania Infantry (within shouting distance of this marker); Artillery Brigade (within shouting distance of this marker); Second Division (within shouting distance of this marker); Third Corps (within shouting distance of this marker); First Division (within shouting distance of this marker); Battery G, 1st N.Y. Light Artillery (within shouting distance of this marker); Piercing the Union Line (within shouting distance of this marker). Touch for a list and map of all markers in Gettysburg.
 
Also see . . .  Battery F, Pennsylvania Light Artillery. A history of the Battery. Captain Hampton had been killed at the battle of Chancellorsville. (Submitted on October 25, 2008, by Craig Swain of Leesburg, Virginia.) 
 
Detail of Front Shield image. Click for full size.
Photographed By Craig Swain, June 28, 2008
2. Detail of Front Shield
Notice the "Organized at Pittsburgh" scroll.
Right Side Inscription image. Click for full size.
Photographed By Craig Swain, June 28, 2008
3. Right Side Inscription
Left Side Inscription image. Click for full size.
Photographed By Craig Swain, June 28, 2008
4. Left Side Inscription
Hampton's Battery Position image. Click for full size.
Photographed By Craig Swain, June 28, 2008
5. Hampton's Battery Position
The battery is represented by two 3-inch Ordnance Rifles flanking the marker (front and back, technically as the marker faces west). Further west on Wheatfield road is the Monument for Battery C, Pennsylvania Light Artillery. Since the two were consolidated, these twin monuments can be said to mark the same unit.
Close Up of the Statue image. Click for full size.
Photographed By Craig Swain, June 28, 2008
6. Close Up of the Statue
 
 
Credits. This page was last revised on February 7, 2023. It was originally submitted on October 25, 2008, by Craig Swain of Leesburg, Virginia. This page has been viewed 1,478 times since then and 18 times this year. Photos:   1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6. submitted on October 25, 2008, by Craig Swain of Leesburg, Virginia.

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