The Civil War History of Battery A, 1st Rhode Island Light Artillery, Page ONE

BATTERY A
FIRST REGIMENT
RHODE ISLAND LIGHT ARTILLERY HISTORY

A Story About A Courageous Group Of Rhode Islanders
In The Midst Of An American Tragedy

WELCOME TO THE BOOK ABOUT
THE HEROIC SOLDIERS OF BATTERY A
1st REGIMENT RHODE ISLAND LIGHT ARTILLERY
IN THE CIVIL WAR

Six Webpages about Battery A
Scroll to the bottom of each page to turn to the next.
Find out why Rhode Island Volunteer Citizen Soldiers
Were regarded among the best in the artillery
During the Civil War 1861 ~ 1865
Union and/or Confederate

Honoring Captain William A. Arnold
Arnold's Battery A,
1st R.I. Light Artillery, circa 1863
MOLLUS Collection, Carlisle Barracks, U.S. Army. CARRYING ON THE MEMORY
OF THE
BATTERY A VETERANS AND VETERANS
OF THE
R.I. GRAND ARMY OF THE REPUBLIC
RI GAR ARNOLD POST No.4

Turn to Page Two HERE

We wish to thank Keith G. Harrison, Past National SUVCW Commander-in-Chief and current National MOLLUS Webmaster, as well as all the artists/musicians for the use of their music on all the pages in our site. A special thanks also to Keith Laurent for arranging and playing the song you are hearing, "Just Before The Battle Mother" ©1983 by Swinging Door Music-BMI; Used by permission. All rights reserved.

Thanks also to Robert Hunt Rhodes for allowing us to use some of his material about his ancestor, Elisha Hunt Rhodes and to Ken Burns for featuring E.H. Rhodes and our State's Civil War History in his PBS series on The Civil War. And a special thanks to David McCullough, Edwin Bearrs, Brian Pohanka, Jeff Shaara and Ron Maxwell for their support for Rhode Island Civil War History and raising the American conscience about the triumphs and tragidies of the Great War of the Rebellion 1861 to 1865.

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