Collection: William K. Bachman ordnance return and muster roll

Scope and Contents note

Monthly return of ordnance and ordnance stores received and expended during the month of November 1864; muster roll of Bachman's company of the German Artillery Regiment of Hampton's Legion, August 31-October 31, 1864.

Dates

1864

Conditions Governing Access

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Biographical/Historical note

Bachman, of South Carolina, served at Charleston Harbor and was given command of Company H of the infantry battalion of Hampton's Legion, afterward converted to Light Artillery and known as Bachman's Battery. The battery served in the Army of Northern Virginia until assigned to South Carolina shortly before the Confederacy's surrender in April 1865.