. The history of Battery B, First regiment Rhode Island light artillery, in the war to preserve the union, 1861-1865 . ass through the batteryto charge on the enemys line at the stone wall, left and rear of theBrick House. After the infantry had passed, the battery, being or-dei*ed to limber up, withdrew in good order from the field, in the faceof the enemy, taking all our guns and caissons, but for lack of horseswe were forced to leave one limber on the field. The battery wentback into the city and parked in an open lot on Caroline Street nearthe old position we occupied before going into act
. The history of Battery B, First regiment Rhode Island light artillery, in the war to preserve the union, 1861-1865 . ass through the batteryto charge on the enemys line at the stone wall, left and rear of theBrick House. After the infantry had passed, the battery, being or-dei*ed to limber up, withdrew in good order from the field, in the faceof the enemy, taking all our guns and caissons, but for lack of horseswe were forced to leave one limber on the field. The battery wentback into the city and parked in an open lot on Caroline Street nearthe old position we occupied before going into action. Captain Haz-ard asked for volunteers who would go back to the field for the lim-ber ; Sergeant Horton was the first to reply, being the first to under-stand the nature of the request, as the men were all more or lessbusy in preparing the camp for the night. However, Sergt. An-thony B. Horton with three drivers, Levi J. Cornell, Clark , and Benjamin A. Burlingame with their horses, undercommand of Lieut. Joseph S. Milne, went back to the field, and re-turned safely to camp with the desired Fredericksburg, Dec. 13< 1862, and May 3, 1863. 1862.] FIRST RHODE ISLAND LIGHT ARTILLERY. 141 The casualties of the battery in this battle of Fredricksburg De-cember 13th, were sixteen men wounded, namely : Corporals Cal-vin W. Rathbone, William P. Wells, Alanson A. Williams ; Pri-vates Lorenzo D. Budlong, Morris Carmichael, William H. Cornell,Henry A. Gardner, Caleb H. H. Greene, John F. Hanson, Bar-tholomew Hart, Albert E. Henolrick, Edwin F. Knowles, JosephLuther (died of wounds in hospital), William F. Reynolds, LewisW. Scott, John J. Sisson. Three of the above remained with the battery, their wounds beingslight ; while the others weie sent to different hospitals. It was very remarkable, considering our close action with theenemy, that none of thejbatterymen were killed. Fifteen horses werekilled, and Captain Hazards, Lieutenant Bloodgoods and LieutenantMilnes
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