4th U.S. Artillery Battery C

4th United States Artillery, Battery C was nicknamed “Beach’s.” It was recruited from New York City in 1821. The unit was stationed at Fort Crittenden in Utah Territory when the War began.
100 volunteers joined from the 14th Indiana Infantry in the fall of 1862, giving the unit a definite Hoosier flavor.

Their commander at Gettysburg was Lt. Evan Thomas (1843-1873); his father was Lorenzo Thomas, the Adjutant General of the Army. Thomas was killed in the spring of 1873 while fighting Modoc Indians in California.

The battery consisted of 112 men and 6 Napoleons at Gettysburg. Part of the Artillery Reserve, their monument is located near the Pennsylvania Monument on Hancock Avenue.

4th U.S. Artillery Battery C

Artillery Reserve, 1st Regular Brigade

Engaged: 112 men and 6 Napoleons; 1 killed, 17 wounded

Monument: Hancock Avenue

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