Independent Battery E

Bibliography

Source:  U. S. Army Heritage and Education Center
(formerly the U. S. Army Military History Institute)

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Independent Battery E Pennsylvania Light Artillery

Association of the 28th and 147th Regiments Infantry and Independent Battery "E," Light Artillery, Pennsylvania Veteran Volunteers. Association of the.... Phila: Allen, Lane & Scott, 187?. 8 p. (5 photocopied pages). El73Pl8no248pam6.

Bates, Samuel P.    History of the Pennsylvania Volunteers, 1861-5.   Wilmington, NC:   Broadfoot, 1993.    Vol. 10, pp. 883-92 (6 photocopied pages).   E527B32.1993v10.    (Brief history and roster of the regiment).

Brady, James P., comp. Hurrah for the Artillery!: Knap's Independent Battery "E," Pennsylvania Light Artillery. Gettysburg, PA: Thomas, 1992. 456 p. E527.8H87.1992.

Brown, H. E. The 28th Regt. P.V.V.I., the 147th Regt. P.V.V.I., and Knap's Ind. Battery "E", at Gettysburg, July 1, 2, 3, 1863. n.p., n.d. 7 p. (3 photocopied pages). E475.53B76.

Dyer, Frederick H.    A Compendium of the War of the Rebellion.   Vol. 2.    Dayton, OH:    Morningside, 1979.    Ref.  See p. 1575-76  (2 photocopied page)  for a concise summary of the battery's service.

Pennsylvania. Chickamauga and Chattanooga Battlefield Comm. Pennsylvania at Chickamauga and Chattanooga: Ceremonies at the Dedication of the Monuments.... Hbg, PA: Wm S Ray, 1900. pp. 371-84 (10 photocopied pages). E475.81P4. (Addresses delivered at the dedication of the battery monument at Chickamauga).

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. pp. 922-928 (5 photocopied pages). E475.53P422v2. (Addresses delivered at the dedication of the battery 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).

Taylor, Frank H. Philadelphia in the Civil War. Phila: By the City, 1913. p. 154 (1 photocopied page). E527.97P54T39. (Brief history of the unit).

The Institute’s Archive includes images of individuals of this unit.

The following pertinent personal papers are in the Institute's Manuscript Archive:

  • Anderson-Capehart-McCowan Family - CWMiscColl (Enlisted man's letters, Mar 27, l862-Apr 22, l865)
  • Heazlitt, James B. - CWMiscColl (Sergeant's diary, Jan 22-Aug 23, l863)
  • Nichol, David - HCWRTColl-NicholColl (Sergeant's letters and diary, Sep 25, l86l- Jun 2, l865)
  • Rendlen, Henry - HCWRTColl-GACColl (Enlisted man's letters and papers, Nov 24, l86l- May l6, l864)
  • Stewart, James P. - CWTIColl (History of Knap's Battery and enlisted man's letters, Jun 28, l86l-Jul 6, l863)

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