. The history of Battery B, First regiment Rhode Island light artillery, in the war to preserve the union, 1861-1865 . e Halifax road. The batteryspresent position was about two hundred yards south of the junctionof the Dinwiddie stage road with the Halifax road. A force ofcavalry under General Gregg, which was posted along the stageroad, had been sharply attacked and repulsed early in the day by therebel cavalry under General Butler. No infantry had appeared asyet to oppose our troops engaged in tearing up the railroad. On thearrival of General Gibbons division (the Second) it was posted inth
. The history of Battery B, First regiment Rhode Island light artillery, in the war to preserve the union, 1861-1865 . e Halifax road. The batteryspresent position was about two hundred yards south of the junctionof the Dinwiddie stage road with the Halifax road. A force ofcavalry under General Gregg, which was posted along the stageroad, had been sharply attacked and repulsed early in the day by therebel cavalry under General Butler. No infantry had appeared asyet to oppose our troops engaged in tearing up the railroad. On thearrival of General Gibbons division (the Second) it was posted inthe intrenchments, which had been constructed by either the SixthCorps or the cavalry on the occasion of General Wilsons fight nearthis point some weeks previously. During the day the work of de-stroying the railroad was continued by General Miless troops, pro-ceeding as far as Malones Crossing, three miles below the dark General Miless Division (the First) was drawn back with-in the intrenchments, and General Greggs cavalry held the ap-proaches in the direction of the Petersburg and Dinwiddie Reamss Station, August 25, 1864. 1864.] FIRST RHODE ISLAND LIGHT ARTILLERY. 327 Battery B bivouacked in the iatrenchments all night without be-ing disturbed. At daylight on the morning of the 25th, the menwere aroused from their slumbers by the infantry going out of theworks to the support of the cavalry, which had been ordered out tomake an extended reconnaissance to the south. Reports were re-ceived that the enemys pickets had been repulsed at two points with-out developing any increase of strength. General Hancock deter-mined, therefore, to continue the work of destroying the railroad, andGeneral Gibbons troops were ordered out for that purpose. Hardlyhad they got well out from the intrenchments when the head of thecolumn, which had reached Malones Crossing and commenced work,was attacked by a strong force of the enemy and driven back. Gen-eral Gibbon was obliged t
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