Pennsylvania army national
guard
1st Battalion 107th Field Artillery
Hampton Battery B

The 107th Field Artillery traces its lineage to the Civil War through Hampton Battery F, Captain Hampton
was the first Battery commander.
September 28th 1891, Captain Alfred E. Hunt Commanding Battery B, N, G and P of the Pennsylvania
National Guard  wrote a letter in behalf of the officers and men of Battery B to Hampton Battery Veteran
Association, requesting Battery B be allowed to adopt the name “Hampton Battery.” The request was
granted October 9th 1891 to Battery B, Second Brigade of the National Guard located in Pittsburgh Pa.
Battery B, “Hampton Battery” of the Pennsylvania National Guard in the past and present time has
continued the proud record that was passed on to them by the veterans of the Original Pittsburgh
Pennsylvania, Hampton Battery F…