. Battery F, First Regiment Rhode Island Light Artillery in the Civil War, 1861-1865 . -. Lieut. George W. Field. It consisted of the usual hard tack, a thick slice ofraw pork, very fat, and a little molasses. Men who,a few weeks before would not have thought it possi-ble, ate the raw pork and molasses with apparentrelish. 24 BATTERY F, During the time the battery remained on boardthe George Peabody it was of course necessary tohave a small boat if the officers wished to do any vis-iting, and Captain Belger organized a boats crewfrom the battery, borrowed one of the steamersboats, and was able
. Battery F, First Regiment Rhode Island Light Artillery in the Civil War, 1861-1865 . -. Lieut. George W. Field. It consisted of the usual hard tack, a thick slice ofraw pork, very fat, and a little molasses. Men who,a few weeks before would not have thought it possi-ble, ate the raw pork and molasses with apparentrelish. 24 BATTERY F, During the time the battery remained on boardthe George Peabody it was of course necessary tohave a small boat if the officers wished to do any vis-iting, and Captain Belger organized a boats crewfrom the battery, borrowed one of the steamersboats, and was able to go about from vessel to vesselwith almost as much style as the naval portion of theexpedition. This was known among the men as the captains gig, and the improvised crew were em-ployed many hours in pulling about the inlet whiletheir comrades remained confined to the steamersdecks. But it was not always an easy or agreeabletask, for the winds did blow at Hatteras, and some-times the rains suddenly fell, and then the crewwould have gladly changed places with their com-rades on th
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