Independent Battery C
Captain James Thompson’s Battery
Pennsylvania Volunteers
Bibliography
Source: U. S. Army Heritage and Education Center
(formerly the U. S. Army Military History Institute)
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Bates, Samuel P. History of the Pennsylvania Volunteers, 1861-5. Wilmington, NC: Broadfoot, 1993. Vol. 10, pp. 865-74 (6 photocopied pages). E527B32.1993v10. (Brief history and roster of the regiment).
Dyer, Frederick H. A Compendium of the War of the Rebellion. Vol. 2. Dayton, OH: Morningside, 1979. Ref. See p. 1574-75 (2 photocopied pages) for a concise summary of the battery’s service.
Pennsylvania. Gettysburg Battlefield Comm. Pennsylvania at Gettysburg: Ceremonies at the Dedication of the Monuments Erected by the Commonwealth, Vol. 2. Hbg, PA: Wm S. Ray, 1914. See pp. 919-22 (3 photocopied pages). E475.53P422v2. (Addresses delivered at the dedication of the battery’s monument and a photo of that monument at the Gettysburg National Military Park).
Sauers, Richard A. Advance the Colors!: Pennsylvania Civil War Battle Flags. Vol. 2. Hbg, PA: Capitol Preservation Comm, 1991. pp. 522-23 (2 photocopied pages). E527.4S38.1991v2. (Brief histories of the Independent Batteries and information on their flags).
The Miilitary Institute’s Archive includes images of individuals of this unit.