The history of Battery A, First Regiment Rhode Island Light Artillery in the war to preserve the Union, 1861-1865 [electronic resource] . can, but when we werein Pennsylvania and Maryland he gave strict orders againstforaging. After our arrival in Virginia he seemed to ap-prove of our living upon the enemy. The 21st was fine but cool. With the exception of somecavalry skirmishing up the creek it was very quiet. Gen-eral Hays, dressed in a rough disguise, with a good-sizedwalking stick, passed through our camp every night. Healways had the countersign and was allowed to pass. Heasked for a chew
The history of Battery A, First Regiment Rhode Island Light Artillery in the war to preserve the Union, 1861-1865 [electronic resource] . can, but when we werein Pennsylvania and Maryland he gave strict orders againstforaging. After our arrival in Virginia he seemed to ap-prove of our living upon the enemy. The 21st was fine but cool. With the exception of somecavalry skirmishing up the creek it was very quiet. Gen-eral Hays, dressed in a rough disguise, with a good-sizedwalking stick, passed through our camp every night. Healways had the countersign and was allowed to pass. Heasked for a chew of tobacco every night. No one seemedto know who he was. It was reported to our officers, andthey declared they would find out. So that night when hecame along he asked for tobacco, as usual, and the guardtold him to buy some, saying to him, You have been beg-ging tobacco here every night. Oh, well, he said, youRhode Islanders have the best I know of. Where do youget it? Then the guard said, Well, I guess I will haveto find out who you are; as it is my orders to do so if youcome through this camp again. This caused the general to. (.apt. (Iamaliu, L. Dwicht. Left Brown University in his Sophomore Year and was enrolled as Cmporalin Battery A; promoted Sim mid Lieutenant B; promoted KiistLieutenant Battery A ; Regimental Adjutant; Aiting Adju-tant-General of Artillery Brigade Second Army Corps; reorgan-ized and commanded Battery A after the return home of theoriginal men; re-entered Brown University in iS(.|. andin 1867 presented to the University the HowellPremium, amounting to one thousand dollars,in honor of his grandfather, David Howell. 1808.] KOBIXSON s CREEK 241 laugh very heartily Then, the guard thinking he mightbe a person of some importance, called the sergeant of theguard, and it was soon found to be General Hays. Hewent along his picket line about every night, as he consid-ered it very important that the pickets should be on thealert and constant
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