Battery F, Pennsylvania Light Artillery
Hampton's Battery
(Front):F. Penna. Light Artillery
Organized at Pittsburgh
Hampton's Battery
(Right): From June 3 1863 to March 25 1864 Batteries F and C served as a consolidated battery.
July 2, occupied this position from about 5 to 6 o'clock p.m. July 3, with the left centre on cemetery ridge on left of First Volunteer Brigade Reserve Artillery marked by tablet. 24 men from battery F were detailed to Battery H 1st Ohio Artillery posted in the Cemetery during the battle.
(Left):Mustered in Oct. 8, 1861
re-enlisted Feb. 27, 1864
Mustered out June 26, 1865
Marker is at the intersection of Wheatfield Road and Emmitsburg Road (Business U.S. 15), on the right when traveling east on Wheatfield Road.
Courtesy hmdb.org
