Campaign of Battery D, First Rhode Island Light Artillery, in Kentucky and East Tennessee (Classic Reprint)

Download or read book Campaign of Battery D, First Rhode Island Light Artillery, in Kentucky and East Tennessee (Classic Reprint) written by Ezra K. Parker and published by Forgotten Books. This book was released on 2016-10-04 with total page 52 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from Campaign of Battery D, First Rhode Island Light Artillery, in Kentucky and East Tennessee April and May, 1862. Then it went through the campaign of the Army of Virginia, under Gen. John Pope, losing heavily at the battle of the second Ma nassas, then again under General mcclellan, in his successful campaign of South Mountain and Antie tam. Meantime, General mcdowell had been suc ceeded by General Hiooker in the command of the First Army Corps. It was in the Fredericksburg campaign under Burnside, and was by his order transferred from the First to the Ninth Army Corps. After a not unpleasant march, both by rail and steamboat, the battery reached Lexington, Ky, on March 301b, 1863, and went into camp on the Fair grounds. Here it remained but a week, and then the line of march was taken up for camp Dick Rob inson. On the 26th, the battery began its march from camp Dick Robinson to Somerset near the Cumberland river, completing it on the 7th of May 1863, and there it remained until the 7th of June. It was now expected that within a few days the march for East Tennessee would commence. Al though we, members. Of the battery, well knew that the campaign would be arduous and full of dangers. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.