. Battery F, First Regiment Rhode Island Light Artillery in the Civil War, 1861-1865 . Corp. John O. Winsor. able. The battery was marched to a wharf where itremained until nearly sunset waiting for a steamer totransport it to Fort Monroe. The transport Con-queror arrived alongside the wharf at last, and no timewas lost in embarking. The Conqueror reached Fort FIRST R. I. LIGHT ARTILLERY. IO9 Monroe at about eleven oclock in the evening, butafter some parleying the battery was ordered to re-main on board until morning. Disembarking on the morning of the 5th of Novem-ber the line of march was t
. Battery F, First Regiment Rhode Island Light Artillery in the Civil War, 1861-1865 . Corp. John O. Winsor. able. The battery was marched to a wharf where itremained until nearly sunset waiting for a steamer totransport it to Fort Monroe. The transport Con-queror arrived alongside the wharf at last, and no timewas lost in embarking. The Conqueror reached Fort FIRST R. I. LIGHT ARTILLERY. IO9 Monroe at about eleven oclock in the evening, butafter some parleying the battery was ordered to re-main on board until morning. Disembarking on the morning of the 5th of Novem-ber the line of march was taken for Newport News,Va., arriving at about three oclock in the Newport News were encamped many familiar or-ganizations, troops from New Berne, which had pre-ceded the battery, organized as Heckmans Brigade,commanded by C. A. Heckman, late col-onel of the Ninth New Jersey Volunteers. The bat-tery was assigned to this force, which consisted ofsix regiments of infantry, one of cavalry, and threelight batteries. It immediately went into campmaking all preparat
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