Independent Battery D - Durell's Battery- Antietam Battle field#history #berkscounty

George W. Durell, prominent in Grand Army circles, and captain for a time of the famous Ringgold battery, one of the five companies composing the "First Defenders" during the war.
Recruited in Bucks and Berks County

Independent Battery D, Pennsylvania Light Artillery, was an artillery battery that served in the Union Army during the American Civil War. The unit organized on 21 September 1861 and served until 13 June 1865.