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Young’s Battery
Pennsylvania Volunteers
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Independent Battery G Pennsylvania Light Artillery
Bates, Samuel P. History of the Pennsylvania Volunteers, 1861-5. Wilmington, NC: Broadfoot, 1993. Vol. 10, pp. 900-04 (3 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. E491D992. See p. 1576 (1 photocopied page) for a concise summary of the battery’s service.
Fox, Arthur B. Our Honored Dead: Allegheny County, Pennsylvania in the American Civil War. Chicora, PA: Mechling Bookbindery, 2008. pp. 349-50. F157A4F69.
Sauers, Richard A. Advance the Colors!: Pennsylvania Civil War Battle Flags. Vol. 2. Harrisburg, 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).
Our Photo Archive includes images of individuals of this unit.
The following pertinent personal papers are in the Institute’s Manuscript Archive:
Breckenridge, George A. Papers – CWTIColl (Enlisted man’s letters, Feb 15, May 23, 1863)
Graham Family Papers – CWMiscColl (Sergeant’s published letters, Oct 13, 1861-Jun 23, 1863)