. The history of Battery B, First regiment Rhode Island light artillery, in the war to preserve the union, 1861-1865 . barked, much to the gratification of the men, who wereanxious to step on terra firma once more. Lieutenant Perry met usat the wharf, and, under his directions, were soon with the battery ;the forenoon was spent in obtaining and issuing rations and forage ;and in preparing the battery for a march. In the afternoon the battery was hitched up and the men orderedto their stations. Then Capt. John G. Hazard (promoted from firstlieutenant of Battery A, First Regiment Rhode Island Li
. The history of Battery B, First regiment Rhode Island light artillery, in the war to preserve the union, 1861-1865 . barked, much to the gratification of the men, who wereanxious to step on terra firma once more. Lieutenant Perry met usat the wharf, and, under his directions, were soon with the battery ;the forenoon was spent in obtaining and issuing rations and forage ;and in preparing the battery for a march. In the afternoon the battery was hitched up and the men orderedto their stations. Then Capt. John G. Hazard (promoted from firstlieutenant of Battery A, First Regiment Rhode Island Light Artil-lery, to the command of Battery B) was introduced by LieutenantPerry. The captain with the other officers inspected the battery,and for the third time Battery B had its full complement of officers,viz. : Capt. John G. Hazard commanding; Lieutenants Perry,Adams, and Bloodgood, chiefs of sections ; and Lieutenant Dvvight,chief of caissons. A number of recruits came with Captain Haz-ard, viz. : George O. Bartlett, Samuel J. Goldsmith, William , Joseph B. Place, John H. Richards, and Lewis W. Private George McGunnigle. 1862.] FIRST RHODE ISLAND LIGHT ARTILLERY. 119 CHAPTER XI. PURSUIT OF GENERAL LEE INTO MARYLAND-BATTLE OF ANTIETAM. WHEN it had become clearly manifest that General Leesintention was to cross the Upper Potomac, the Second,and General Williamss (the Twelfth) Corps, both underthe command of General Sumner, and forming the centre of thearmy in its new dispositions, were ordered to Rockville, Md. Itwas not known for a certainty whether the enemy intended to movedown the Potomac toward Washington, or to invade Pennsylvania;the subsequent progress of affairs pointed to the latter move, and forthat reason the Second Corps was successively advanced to meet thesituation. At two oclock p. m., on the 5th, the battery, having receivedmarching orders, left Alexandria and moved up to Fort Corcoran,opposite Washington, and bivouacked. At nine oclock on the
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