Battery C, First West Virginia Artillery
"Pierpont Battery"

The monument to Battery C, First West Virginia Artillery is southeast of Gettysburg in the National Cemetery. It was dedicated in 1898 by the State of West Virginia.

Location: 39.81878 N, 77.231575; see map

Battery C was commanded at the Battle of Gettysburg by Captain Wallace Hill. It brought 124 men to the field serving four 10-pounder Parrott Rifles, and lost of two men killed and two wounded. It was part of the Artillery Reserve, 3rd Volunteer Bde.

The men of Battery C were originally from Company B of the 18th Ohio Infantry, a three month service unit. The battery was formed from volunteers from these men and offered to the Governor of West Virginia.

From the monument:

Erected by the State of
West Virginia
to commemorate the
valor and fidelity
of Battery C
First West Virginia Artillery

See more about West Virginia's Battery C in the Civil War