. Battery F, First Regiment Rhode Island Light Artillery in the Civil War, 1861-1865 . ik. 28 BATTERY F, for movement of the brigade which did not and couldnot be applied to light artillery. Camp Winfield was very sandy, in fact all of Hat-teras Island visited by the battery was sandy. Thewater was bad, and as a result considerable sicknessdeveloped among the men. It was here that the firstdeath of a member of the battery occurred at or nearthe camp. Private Alonzo C. Horton died February19th, of inflammation of the brain, and was buriedwith military honors on the 20th in the church-yardon the
. Battery F, First Regiment Rhode Island Light Artillery in the Civil War, 1861-1865 . ik. 28 BATTERY F, for movement of the brigade which did not and couldnot be applied to light artillery. Camp Winfield was very sandy, in fact all of Hat-teras Island visited by the battery was sandy. Thewater was bad, and as a result considerable sicknessdeveloped among the men. It was here that the firstdeath of a member of the battery occurred at or nearthe camp. Private Alonzo C. Horton died February19th, of inflammation of the brain, and was buriedwith military honors on the 20th in the church-yardon the island. Private Henry B. Baxter died at An-napolis, Md., on the 5th of February, but that factwas not known at the battery at the time of Hor-tons decease, and he was looked upon as the firstman mustered out by death. The battery remained at Camp Winfield until the26th of February, about five weeks, at which time itwas ordered to reembark. The tents were struck,baggage packed and all property moved to the inleton that day, but for some reason the men were obligedto remain on the beach
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