The history of Battery A, First Regiment Rhode Island Light Artillery in the war to preserve the Union, 1861-1865 [electronic resource] . ps gained possession of the city. The soldiersbegan to pillage and destroy Everything in the way of fur-niture was brought into the streets. Soldiers dressed inladies dresses, hats, and bonnets paraded through thestreets. An elegant piano might be seen with a soldierdrumming on its keys, while another would be dancing onthe top of it. Cooking of every description was going on allnight, with furniture or pianos being used for were great quantit
The history of Battery A, First Regiment Rhode Island Light Artillery in the war to preserve the Union, 1861-1865 [electronic resource] . ps gained possession of the city. The soldiersbegan to pillage and destroy Everything in the way of fur-niture was brought into the streets. Soldiers dressed inladies dresses, hats, and bonnets paraded through thestreets. An elegant piano might be seen with a soldierdrumming on its keys, while another would be dancing onthe top of it. Cooking of every description was going on allnight, with furniture or pianos being used for were great quantities of tobacco and everybody whoused it had his pockets full. On Saturday, 13th, after a sleepless night with so muchexcitement going on, bright tires burning, and the soldierscooking their rations, I took a stroll around the city asfar as I was allowed to go. Frequently a bullet would comewhizzing down the street. It was a very unpleasant sightto see the destruction of property; vandalism reigned su-preme. Men who at home were modest and unassumingnow seemed to be possessed with an insatiate desire to de-stroy everything in Gen. John G. Hazard. Commissioned First Lieutenant Battery C; First Lieutenant Battery A; Captain Battery B ; Major First Rhode Island Light Artillery, Chief of Second Army Corps ; breveted Colonel and Brigadier-General of Volunteers. 1862.] FREDERICKSBURG 161 Captain Tompkins haying been promoted to be major ofour regiment was relieved that morning by Capt. WilliamA. Arnold who had been promoted from a lieutenant in Bat-tery E. In bidding us good-by Captain Tompkins in a lit-tle speech, introduced our new captain to us, who inturn addressed the battery saying that he understood thatwe were a fighting set, and that he was something of afighter himself, and expected that we would stand by himunder all circumstances. After sharp skirmishing during the morning, the battlebegan about half past ten a. when we soon got the com-mand Forward! and starte
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