. Battery F, First Regiment Rhode Island Light Artillery in the Civil War, 1861-1865 . *#•■. / ■ -■ . .■■■-■■ Corp. George C. Manchester. fending; it, while the centre section—two twelve-pounder howitzers—was posted a short distance tothe right, on a hill overlooking a large open Third Massachusetts Infantry were the supportto this section. The Ninth New Jersey Infantry 64 BATTERY F, were ordered to advance up the railroad track to thebridge, which they were to burn, and the position ofthe right and left sections of the battery with its in-fantry support of three regiments was in sup
. Battery F, First Regiment Rhode Island Light Artillery in the Civil War, 1861-1865 . *#•■. / ■ -■ . .■■■-■■ Corp. George C. Manchester. fending; it, while the centre section—two twelve-pounder howitzers—was posted a short distance tothe right, on a hill overlooking a large open Third Massachusetts Infantry were the supportto this section. The Ninth New Jersey Infantry 64 BATTERY F, were ordered to advance up the railroad track to thebridge, which they were to burn, and the position ofthe right and left sections of the battery with its in-fantry support of three regiments was in support ofthis movement. Col. C. A. Heckman, Ninth New Jersey Volun-teers, in command of the advance, in his officialreport states : I then (16th) received orders to take the SeventeenthMassachusetts and proceed in advance towards Golds-borough Bridge. Bivouacked the night of the 16th aboutfive miles from the bridge. Morning of the 17th column again moving, Seven-teenth Massachusetts in advance, Ninth New Jersey fol-lowing. About two miles from the bridge commenceddriving
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