Battery C, Pennsylvania Light Artillery

Battery C, Pennsylvania Light Artillery, known as Thompson's, was recruited at Pittsburgh and mustered in on November 6, 1861, re-enlisted on January 11, 1864, and mustered out on June 30, 1865. Its total enrollment was 325. Losses for the battery included 4 men killed or dead of wounds, 11 men dead of disease and other causes, 5 officers and 35 men wounded, and 9 men captured or missing, for total casualties of 64. From June 3, 1863 to March 25, 1864, Batteries C and F served as a consolidated battery. At Gettysburg, the consolidated Batteries C and F had 105 officers and men present. On July 2, it occupied this position from about 5 to 6 o'clock p.m. On July 3, it was in position on the right of the First Volunteer Brigade, Reserve Artillery, and engaged the enemy. At Gettysburg, its losses were 1 man dead of wounds, 3 officers and 7 men wounded, and 3 men captured or missing, for a total loss of 14. Its service included Rappahannock Station, Cedar Mountain, Crooked Run, Rappahannock Station, Thoroughfare Gap, 2nd Bull Run, Chantilly, Antietam, Fredericksburg, Purdy's Dam, Chancellorsville, Gettysburg, Mitchell's Ford, Mine Run, and Morton's Ford.

Pennsylvania · United States