Bachman's German Artillery, Gettysburg-- Part 2: Hood's Division, First Corps ANV

Captain William Bachman's Battery was commanded at the Battle of Gettysburg by Major Mathias Winston Henry (1838-1877).  Henry's Battalion was part of Hood's Division in the First Corps of the Army of Northern Virginia.

This battery was commanded by Captain William K. Bachman who was the son of the prominent pastor of Charleston's St. John's Lutheran Church, Dr. John Bachman.

The unit was formed in 1862 and was also known as the German Light Artillery  and as the Charleston Artillery Battery.  From August 1862 to July 1863 it was armed with four  12-pounder Napoleon cannons.  On May 3, 1864,  it was armed with two 3+ inch Blakely Rifles and two 12-pdr. howitzers.

It was surrendered by Confederate General Joseph Johnston at Durham Station, North Carolina (Bennett Place) on April 26, 1865.

--Old Secesh