HISTORY OF HAMPTON BATTERY F, Independent Pennsylvania Light Artillery. Organized at Pittsburgh, Pa., October 8, 1861, Mustered out in Pittsburg, June 26, 1865

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BOOK DESCRIPTION: 8vo, 179 pgs, illustrations, frontis, portraits, double-page map, errata slip. Decorated red cloth with gilt decoration and title, gilt titled spine. CONDITION DESCRIPTION: Covers soiled and with light rubbing to edges. Frontis with perforating stamp from Mercantile Library Philadelphia. Tape repair to verso of frontis to hinge; small rubbed spot near top of title page, else clean and tight. With clear, mylar wrapper. CONTENTS DESCRIPTION: The Hampton Battery was a Pittsburgh-based artillery unit and was organized in October 1861 as a part of the Pennsylvania Light Artillery under the Command of Captain Robert B. Hampton. The unit was assigned to the Army of the Potomac under the command of Major General Banks. The battery was also assigned to Twelfth Corps under the command of General Slocum. After taking heavy losses, the battery was combined with Thompson's Battery 'C'. Major Campaigns in which the Hampton Battery was involved: 2nd Bull Run; Antietam; Chancellorsville; 2nd Winchester; Gettysburg P; Mine Run Campaign, and numerous other minor engagements. Of the eighty men who were mustered into service on October 8, 1861, only 28 survived. REFERENCES: Dornbusch PA 24; Nevins I pg 70: "An empty, superficial account unworthy of publication in book form.". N° de ref. del artículo 0622017

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