Cumberland Township near Gettysburg in Adams County, Pennsylvania — The American Northeast (Mid-Atlantic)

Battery C, First West Virginia Artillery

Photographed by Craig Swain, December 27, 2008

1. Battery C, First West Virginia Artillery Monument

Inscription. Erected by the State of
West Virginia
to commemorate the
valor and fidelity
of Battery C
First West Virginia Artillery

Erected 1898 by State of West Virginia.

Topics. This memorial is listed in this topic list: War, US Civil.

Location. 39° 49.126′ N, 77° 13.898′ W. Memorial is near Gettysburg, Pennsylvania, in Adams County. It is in Cumberland Township. It can be reached from Taneytown Road (State Highway 134), on the right when traveling north. Located in the Gettysburg National Cemetery, near the south entrance. Touch for map. Memorial is in this post office area: Gettysburg PA 17325, United States of America. Touch for directions.

Regionally, this memorial is in South-Central Pennsylvania. It is also in the American Northeast,

in the Mid-Atlantic,

in Appalachia,

and specifically in Northern Appalachia. Globally, it is in North America,

the Western Hemisphere,

the Western World,

and the Anglosphere.

Historically, it finds itself in what was once the Haudenosaunee (Iroquois) Confederacy

and also one of the original Thirteen Colonies.

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least 8 other markers are within walking distance of this marker: Third Volunteer Brigade (within shouting distance of this marker); 1st Ohio Light Artillery, Battery H (Huntington's Battery) (within shouting distance of this marker); Battery H, 1st U.S. Artillery (within shouting distance of this marker); First Minnesota Volunteers (about 300 feet away, measured in a direct line); 1st New Hampshire Battery (about 300 feet away); 136th New York Infantry (about 400 feet away); First Massachusetts Light Battery (about 400 feet away); Kentucky Memorial (about 400 feet away). Touch for a list and map of all markers in Gettysburg.

Close Up of the Inscription image. Click for full size.

Photographed by Craig Swain, December 27, 2008

2. Close Up of the Inscription

Photographed by Brian Scott, September 22, 2015

3. Battery C, First West Virginia Artillery Monument

Photographed by Brian Scott, September 22, 2015

4. Battery C, First West Virginia Artillery Monument

Photographed by Craig Swain, December 27, 2008

5. Battery C, First West Virginia Artillery Monument

Captain Wallace Hill commanded this battery, comprised of four 10-pounder Parrott Rifles, at the battle. Flanking the monument are two Parrotts, registry numbers 240 and 246.

Photographed by Brian Scott, September 22, 2015

6. Battery C, First West Virginia Artillery Monument

View of the Cemetery Grounds from a Parrott Rifle image. Click for full size.

Photographed by Craig Swain, December 27, 2008

7. View of the Cemetery Grounds from a Parrott Rifle

Credits. This page was last revised on February 7, 2023. It was originally submitted on March 7, 2009, by Craig Swain of Leesburg, Virginia. This page has been viewed 1,459 times since then and 35 times this year. Photos: 1, 2. submitted on March 7, 2009, by Craig Swain of Leesburg, Virginia. 3, 4. submitted on November 20, 2015, by Brian Scott of Anderson, South Carolina. 5. submitted on March 7, 2009, by Craig Swain of Leesburg, Virginia. 6. submitted on November 20, 2015, by Brian Scott of Anderson, South Carolina. 7. submitted on March 7, 2009, by Craig Swain of Leesburg, Virginia.