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The Rhode Island Artillery at the First Battle of Bull Run

Monroe, J. Albert (John Albert), 1836-1891· 2 chapters· 5,437 words

When the first call for troops, to serve for the term of three months, was made by President Lincoln, in 1861, for the purpose of suppressing the rebellion, which had assumed most dangerous proportions to the National Government, the Marine Artillery, of this city, responded c...

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1. Chapter 1

When the first call for troops, to serve for the term of three months, was made by President Lincoln, in 1861, for the purpose of suppressing the rebellion, which had assumed mo...

2. Chapter 2

The bullets began to whistle uncomfortably thick, and I gave up the search for my horse, and rejoined the battery, then moving along the road in good order, in which condition i...