Battery F, First Regiment Rhode Island Light Artillery in the Civil War, 1861-1865

Preface

T^HE reason for the existence of this book is an expressed desire on the part of many survivors of the battery whose history it attempts to record, manifested at an informal reunion held in February, 1891, that an account of their experiences during the Civil War of 1 861-5 should be put in enduring form. The duty of preparing such record seemed to fall upon me, without, however, formal appointment.

At a second meeting held in February, 1892, Simeon Gallup and Edward Wilcox were appointed to advise with me in adopting and publishing the record. My thanks are due to these comrades for valuable advice and assistance ; and to all who in any way assisted in the work I am grateful.

The publishing of the history would have been a difficult task but for the action of the General

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Assembly at its January session, 1S91, in passing

a Resolution (No. 14) to purchase two hundred copies

of any battery history published to the satisfaction

of the Secretary of State.

The work is a plain statement of facts connected

with the service of the organization, and if it proves

satisfactory in a reasonable degree to the survivors

and the public, I shall feel fully compensated for

the labor.

P. S. C.

Providence, R. I., October, 1S92.

From October, 1S64, to Muster Out, June, 1S65, . . 236

Rosier of Temporarily Attached Men, . . 2S0 Mortuary Record. ........ jS^

Appendix

Four Months a Prisoner of War, by Lieutenant, subsequently Captain, Thomas Simpson, .... 287

A Summer in Southern Prisons, by Private Charles C.

Vars. of the Battery, 313

LLUSTRATIONS.

Portrait of Capt. James Belger, Portrait of Lieut. Charles II. Pope, Portrait of Lieut. George W. Field. . Landing of Horses at Hatteras, .

Quarters of Battery at New Berne, Portrait of Capt. E. L. Corthell, Sergean

until October, 1862, Portrait of Lieut. Peter C. Smith, Portrait of Sergt. William II. C. Smith. Portrait of Corp. George C. Manchester. Portrait of Lieut. Philip S. Chase, Portrait of Dr. Albert Potter. Surgeon Fift

Heavy Artillery. ....

Portrait of First Sergt. Simeon Gallup, Portrait of Corp. John O. Winsor, Portrait of Corp. Edward Wilcox, View from the Battery Quarters at Fort Yo Portrait of Corp. Clovis Stone, .

Portrait of Bugler Thomas W. Locke, t in Batte

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Vlll ILLUSTRATIONS.

Portrait of Bugler William H. Young, Portrait of Sergt. Albert R. Walker. . Portrait of Corp. Joseph Church. Jr., Portrait of Corp. Albert C. Leach.

Portrait of Corp. Frederic Wilcox.

Portrait of Private Henry C. Wilkie. . Portrait of Sergt. William J. Bastian, Portrait of Capt. Thomas Simpson, Portrait of Lieut. Gideon Spencer.

Portrait of Lieut. Frank .V. Waterman,

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Roanoke Island. N. C-.

Battlefield of New Berne. X. C

New Berne, N. C

North Carolina,

Washington, N. C,

Drury's Bluff and Petersburg,

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