Rhodes, John H. The History of Battery B: First Regiment Rhode Island Light Artillery in the War to Preserve the Union. Providence, R.I.: Snow & Farnham, 1894.
CHAPTER I. Introduction — Uniforms — The First Drill — A Bounty of Fifteen Dollars ...... 1
CHAPTER II. Organization, Muster and Departure — First Rations Received — Journey to Point of Rocks,Md. ... 5
CHAPTER III. Camp Sprague and Discipline — Washington, 1). C, and Vicinity ...... 14
CHAPTER IV. To Poolesville, Md., and Battle of Ball's Bluff— Picket Duty along the Potomac River ...... 27
CHAPTER V. Battery Reorganized — New Guns — Winter Quarters — Thanksgiving Day and Christmas in the South . 47
CHAPTER VI. March to Harper's Ferry and Bolivar — To Winchester, to the Support of General Banks in the Valley — Return to Washington ...... 65
CHAPTER VII. Departure for the Peninsula, and Siege of Yorktown — Passing through Long Bridge — Hampton Roads and the Monitor...... 67
CHAPTER VIII. March up the Peninsula, Battle of Fair Oaks, Seven Pines — York River, West Point, Cumberland Landing . . 85
CHAPTER IX. Change of Base to the James River — Seven Days of Fighting — Battles of Savage's Station, Peach Orchard, White Oak Bridge, Glendale, and Malvern Hill . . . 95
CHAPTER X. Harrison Landing — Evacuation of the Peninsula — Arrival at Alexandria ...... 106
CHAPTER XI. Pursuit of General Lee into Maryland — Battle of Antietam — March to Harper's Ferry . . . . .119
CHAPTER XII. March to Falmouth — Skirmishes by the Way — Epidemic Attack of Mutton 128
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CHAPTER XIII. Battle of Fredericksburg ...... 137
CHAPTER XIV. In Winter Quarters near Falmouth, Va. — The Mud March — Granting of Furlough ...... 146
CHAPTER XV. Preparation and Second Battle of Fredericksburg — Marye's Heights — The Artillery Brigade . . . .165
CHAPTER XVI. The Campaign and Battle of Gettysburg — At Thorough- fare Gap — Peter Shevlin and the Canteens of Water 188
CHAPTER XVII. From Gettysburg to the Rappahannock — Battery B Reorganized and New Guns ...... 220
CHAPTER XVIII. Advance to Culpepper — From the Rapidan to Centreville — Battle of Bristoe Station ...... 238
CHAPTER XIX. Centerville to the Rapidan — Battle of Mine Run — Winter Quarters — Sword Presentation 255
CHAPTER XX. General Grant's Campaign — From the Wilderness to Cold Harbor — Battles of the Wilderness, Todd's Tavern, Po River, Spotsylvania, North Anna, and Cold Harbor 273
CHAPTER XXI. General Grant's Flank Movement to South of the James — From Cold Harbor to Petersburg — Deep Bottom — Return Home of the First Three Years' Men . . . 300
CHAPTER XXII. Second Expedition of Deep Bottom — Battle of Reams’ Station 323
CHAPTER XXIII. The Winter Siege of Petersburg — The Battery Reorganized. 334
CHAPTER XXIV. The Pursuit of the Confederate Army — General Lee's Surrender at Appomattox ...... 343
CHAPTER XXV. The Return to Rhode Island and Muster out of Service. 349
ROSTER. Names of Enlisted Men ...... 351 Roll of Men Temporarily Attached ..... 376
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APPENDIX A. The Gettysburg Gun ...... 379
APPENDIX B. The Gettysburg Monument and Dedication . . . 395
Index ...... 401
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