Battery B, 1st Pennsylvania Light Artillery
The Pennsylvania State Archives in Harrisburg has several folders on Battery B, 1st Pennsylvania which have been put on microfilm on five reels. A good portion of the material consists of general and other orders, but there are also morning reports, descriptive/muster rolls, casualty lists, post-war correspondence, and reunion memorabilia. Included in the actual files is a folder that contains information on the battery's monument at Gettysburg. On the side facing Benner's Hill is the following information: Organized April 26, 1861 at Mount Jackson, Lawrence County; Entered State Service June 8, 1861; Mustered in U.S. Service June 28, 1861; Reenlisted January 4, 1864; Mustered Out June 9, 1865; Total Enrollment - 332; Killed and Died of Wounds - 21; Died of Disease - 17; Wounded - 52; Ammunition Expended - 11,200 rounds. On the side facing the Baltimore Pike is a description of the Battery at Gettysburg: Present 114 Officers and Men; Killed - 3, Wounded - 9; Ammunition Expended (4 guns) - 1050 rounds. Positions: July 1, 1863 Battery arrived at 12 M; took position and was engaged between the Hagerstown Road and Chambersburg Pike near Willoughby Run; changed position to right and swept Oak Hill with its fire; withdrew to Theological Seminary where it fought till after 4 p.m.; retired to this position [Cemetery Hill] where it remained until close of heavy artillery contest with the enemy's batteries on Benner's Hill during afternoon engagement on July 2, when relieved by Rickett's Battery. July 3: Was engaged on left center during the final attack and repulse of the enemy.