The History of Battery B, 1st Regiment Rhode Island Light Artillery [Hardcover]

John Rhodes (Author)

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ISBN-10: 0935523642 | ISBN-13: 978-0935523645 | Publication Date: July 1997

In The War To Preserve The Union 1861-1865.

--This text refers to the Paperback edition.

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• Hardcover
• Publisher: Butternut & Blue (July 1997)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0935523642
• ISBN-13: 978-0935523645
• Product Dimensions: 8.8 x 5.8 x 1.4 inches
• Shipping Weight: 2 pounds
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Battery B served throughout the war in the Second Corps. The outfit saw its first action at Ball's Bluff. From there, the battery eventually accompanied the Union army to the Peninsula and was engaged at Fair Oaks, Savage Station, Glendale and Malvern Hill. Next, the battery fought at Antietam, and then, at Fredericksburg, the outfit followed the infantry in close support in front of Marye's Heights. At Gettysburg, the battery was part of the artillery that held Cemetery Hill. The intensity of the action in the battery's front can be noted by the fact that one Confederate cannon ball struck and lodged in the muzzle of one of the Rhode Islander's guns. After Gettysburg, the battery continued to serve with distinction at Mine Run, the Wilderness, Spotsylvania, Cold Harbor, and the siege of Petersburg.