Category: History - American
Battles of Chancellorsville and Salem Heights—Battery H Ordered to Chantilly and Afterwards to Fairfax Court House—Return to Camp Barry—Picket Duty at Fairfax Seminary—Moved to Vicinity of Fort Scott 15–27
Now that the two principal armies of the Confederacy had surrendered to the Union forces, the ultimate end of the Rebellion was a foregone conclusion, and the thoughts of muster...
13. CHAPTER IIIBATTLES OF CHANCELLORSVILLE AND SALEM HEIGHTS—BATTERY H ORDERED TO CHANTILLY, AND AFTERWARDS TO FAIRFAX COURT HOUSE—RETURN TO CAMP BARRY—PICKET DUTY AT FAIRFAX SEMINARY—MOVED TO...
19. CHAPTER IX.The morning of the 7th still found our troops in hot pursuit of Lee’s retreating army. Crook’s cavalry division overtook the main body of the Confederates at Farmville, and prom...
15. CHAPTER V.As our battery had now joined its fortunes for a time with a corps that had won a well-earned reputation for valor shown on many hard contested fields, it was but natural we sho...
18. CHAPTER VIII.General Grant was now tightening his grip on the rebel lines, and he ordered a forward movement of all the forces concentrated around Petersburg, with the intention of capturing...
17. CHAPTER VII.When Battery H was ordered to the defenses of Washington, in May, 1864, the Army of the Potomac was engaged in a deadly struggle with the Confederate forces at Spottsylvania. Sh...
11. CHAPTER I.Rhode Island enjoys the distinction of sending to the field in the War of the Rebellion a regiment of volunteer light artillery which ranked second to none in the service. The S...
14. CHAPTER IV.On the 22d of November our battery was ordered to proceed to our old camping ground, Camp Barry, on the Bladensburg Road, in the vicinity of Washington. We moved at two P. M. fr...
16. CHAPTER VI.Once more our battery was destined to forego an active participation in the stirring scenes at the front, and to the disappointment of our men we were assigned to the dull routi...
12. CHAPTER II.During the fall and winter of 1862–3 the battery was chiefly occupied in perfecting itself in drill. With other batteries, it frequently went to East Capitol Hill and engaged in...
10. CHAPTER X.3. CHAPTER III.Battles of Chancellorsville and Salem Heights—Battery H Ordered to Chantilly and Afterwards to Fairfax Court House—Return to Camp Barry—Picket Duty at Fairfax Seminary—Moved to...
5. CHAPTER V.9. CHAPTER IX.8. CHAPTER VIII.7. CHAPTER VII.6. CHAPTER VI.4. CHAPTER IV.2. CHAPTER II.1. CHAPTER I.