. Battery F, First Regiment Rhode Island Light Artillery in the Civil War, 1861-1865 . V Corp. Edward Wilcox. war. Of the remaining three one was killed in action,one wounded in action and discharged, and one de-serted while on veteran furlough. The United States had located a camp of Confed-erate prisoners at Point Lookout, Md. In Decern- 114 BATTERY F, ber, 1863, it was rumored that the large number ofprisoners at that place were uneasy and meditatingan attempt to escape, and on the twenty-second dayof that month Special Orders No. 209, HeadquartersHeckmans Brigade, was issued, directing Bat
. Battery F, First Regiment Rhode Island Light Artillery in the Civil War, 1861-1865 . V Corp. Edward Wilcox. war. Of the remaining three one was killed in action,one wounded in action and discharged, and one de-serted while on veteran furlough. The United States had located a camp of Confed-erate prisoners at Point Lookout, Md. In Decern- 114 BATTERY F, ber, 1863, it was rumored that the large number ofprisoners at that place were uneasy and meditatingan attempt to escape, and on the twenty-second dayof that month Special Orders No. 209, HeadquartersHeckmans Brigade, was issued, directing Battery Fto proceed immediately to Point Lookout. The nextday, 23d, the battery was loaded on the steamerConqueror and landed at the prisoners camp on themorning of the 24th. Point Lookout is at the mouth of the PotomacRiver, on the Maryland side. Before the war it wasa somewhat noted resort for pleasure seekers and in-valids. The large boarding-house, perhaps it mighthave been termed a hotel, which had undoubtedlywitnessed many pleasant gatherings from north andsouth in days gone, wa
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