CONFEDERATE SOUTH CAROLINA TROOPS
Bachman's Company, South Carolina Artillery (German Light Artillery)
- Overview:
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German Light Artillery [also called Charleston German Artillery] completed its
organization in the spring of 1862. The unit moved to Virginia, served in B.W. Frobel's and
M.W. Henry's Battalion of Artillery, and fought with the Army of Northern Virginia from the
Seven Days' Battles to Gettysburg, except when it was with with
Longstreet at Suffolk. During October, 1863, it was ordered to South Carolina, later participated
in the defense of Savannah, then returned to South Carolina. It reported 3 casualties during the
Seven Days' Battles, had 2 killed and 2 wounded in the Maryland Campaign, and took 71 men to
Gettysburg. The company contained 94 men at Charleston in April, 1864, was refitted after being
in Georgia, and during April, 1865, was en route to Greensboro, North Carolina. Captain William
K. Bachman was in command.
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