Ahl's Independent Company, Heavy Artillery (officially known as the 1st Delaware Heavy Artillery) was an heavy artillery battery that served in the Union army in the American Civil War. The company was mainly composed of former Confederate prisoners of war who had sworn allegiance to the Union (over 200 so-called "Galvanized yankees").
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